Orders of magnitude (specific energy density)

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This is a table of specific energy densities by magnitude. Unless otherwise noted, these values assume standard ambient temperature and pressure.

List of orders of magnitude for specific energy density
Order of magnitude
J/(kg)
Specific energy density Storage method
102 2.8 Day Laborer (for that day)
4 Heel-Strike Generator Using Electrostrictive Polymers
103
104
105 2.16 NiMH rechargeable batteries
6.12 Lead acid car batteries
6.3 Li-ion watch batteries
106 16 wood fuel
17 Protein (contains about 4 nutritional calories per gram)
Carbohydrates (contains about 4 nutritional calories per gram)
25 ethanol
29 Alcohol (contains about 7 nutritional calories per gram)
38 Fat (contains about 9 nutritional calories per gram)
44 1 Petrol (gasoline)
120 Hydrogen

See also

References

  1. ^ Golnik, Arthur (2003). "Energy Density of Gasoline". The Physics Factbook.

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