10 electronvolts
10 eVEnergy · definition
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Energy
Just how much energy is 10 electronvolts?
Molecular
10 eV
ENERGY STORED OR TRANSFERRED
10 electronvolts
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10 eVEnergy
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Hydrogen atom ground-state binding energy
Hydrogen atom ground-state binding energy is the energy needed to remove the electron from a hydrogen atom in its lowest energy state.
13.61 eVGround-state binding energy
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A little perspective
The ground-state binding energy of a hydrogen atom is about 1.36 times 10 electronvolts.
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10 electronvolts
Energy: 10 eV; definition.
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Hydrogen atom ground-state binding energy
Ground-state binding energy: 13.61 eV; recommended value.
The magnitude of the hydrogen ground-state binding energy is approximately 13.598 eV, or 2.1799 × 10⁻¹⁸ J. It is the energy required to ionise ground-state hydrogen, not a classical stored-energy shell.
NIST — Atomic spectra database ionization energies
The marked ground-state binding energy is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
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Compare 10 electronvolts with the ground-state binding energy of a hydrogen atom. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.
Hydrogen atom ground-state binding energy
13.61 eVGround-state binding energy · recommended value
The magnitude of the hydrogen ground-state binding energy is approximately 13.598 eV, or 2.1799 × 10⁻¹⁸ J. It is the energy required to ionise ground-state hydrogen, not a classical stored-energy shell.
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- Energy ↔ Ground-state binding energy
- Relative size
- The ground-state binding energy of a hydrogen atom is about 1.36 times 10 electronvolts. The ground-state binding energy of a hydrogen atom is approximately 36.1% greater than 10 electronvolts.
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- The ground-state binding energy of a hydrogen atom: This is an illustrative comparison value, not a claim that every example is the same.
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1.6022 × 10⁻¹⁸ Jjoules
4.4505 × 10⁻²⁵ kWhkilowatt-hours
3.8293 × 10⁻²² kcalkilocalories
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