Definition Of Electron Volt Ev

Definition of electron volt(ev)

graph TD; A[Physics] --> B[Definition of electron volt(ev)]; B --> C[Basic Definition]; C --> D1{An electron volt (eV) is the approximate amount of energy gained by an electron falling through a potential difference of one volt in a vacuum}; B --> E[Applications]; E --> F1{Used as a unit of energy because it is easy to measure experimentally}; E --> F2{Commonly used in solid state, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics}; B --> G[Conversion]; G --> H1{1 eV is equivalent to 1.602176634×10−19 joules};