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Specific potential energy

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Common symbols
  
pe, or eu

In SI base units
  
m/s

SI unit
  
J/kg

Derivations from other quantities
  
eu = g h

Specific potential energy is potential energy of an object per unit of mass of that object.

In a gravitational field it is the acceleration of gravity times height, e u = g h .

References

Specific potential energy Wikipedia


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