PHYSICAL QUANTITY
Power: formulas and units of measurement
Power: symbol P, N, unit W. Formulas and explanations for Mechanics, Electricity.
P, Nwatt
KEY CONNECTIONS
Formulas
P = A / t
P = Fv
P = UI
P = I²R
P = U² / R
NOTATION
Quantities in formulas
- Power is the speed of doing work or transferring energy.
- Work is a measure of energy transferred when a force is applied.
- Time is a quantity characterizing the duration and sequence of events.
- Force is a measure of the interaction of bodies that changes their movement or shape.
- Speed is the speed and direction of change in body position.
- Electric voltage is the work done by the electric field when transferring a unit charge.
- Current strength is the charge passing through the cross section of a conductor per unit time.
- Electrical resistance is a measure of a conductor's resistance to electric current.
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