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Petajoule

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004241

A unit of energy equal to one quadrillion (10¹⁵) joules, symbolized as PJ. It is used to measure very large quantities of energy consumption or production, such as a nation's annual energy use or the energy content of its fuel reserves. One petajoule is approximately the energy contained in 163,000 barrels of crude oil.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004241
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMetrology and inspection
TranslationsGerman: Petajoule; Spanish: petajulio; French: pétajoule
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004241",
  "term": "Petajoule",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A unit of energy equal to one quadrillion (10¹⁵) joules, symbolized as PJ. It is used to measure very large quantities of energy consumption or production, such as a nation's annual energy use or the energy content of its fuel reserves. One petajoule is approximately the energy contained in 163,000 barrels of crude oil.",
  "subject": "Metrology and inspection",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Petajoule",
    "es": "petajulio",
    "fr": "pétajoule"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/petajoule/"
}

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