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The Laws of Fiji
Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[NTM 13,150] Work and energy30 

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(1) For the physical quantity work and energy, the Fiji legal unit of measurement is the joule, symbol J.
(2) The joule is the work done or the energy expended when a force of one newton moves the point of application a distance of one metre in the direction of that force.
(3) When not in use for trade, permitted multiples and submultiples of the joule are the units specified in Table 16.

TABLE 16

UnitjoulesSymbol
exajoule
petajoule
terajoule
gigajoule
megajoule
kilojoule
joule
gigawatt hour
megawatt hour
kilowatt hour
watt hour		1018
1015
1012
109
106
103
1
3.6 x 1012
3.6 x 109
3.6 x 106
3.6 x 103		EJ
PJ
TJ
GJ
MJ
kJ
J
GW.h
MW.h
kW.h
W.h
(4) When in use for trade, permitted multiples and submultiples of the joule are the—

joule, megajoule, gigajoule, watt hour, kilowatt hour, megawatt hour.