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from a fulcrum as it does when used to express torque. This usage is generally discouraged, since it can lead to confusion as to whether a given quantity expressed in newton-metres is a torque or a quantity of energy. "Even though torque has the same dimension as energy (SI unit joule), the joule is
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Fundamentals of Physics, 9th edition by Halliday Resnick Ralker, p. 309. "The SI unit of torque is the newton-meter. In our discussion of energy we called this combination the joule. But torque is
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For example: Eshbach's handbook of engineering fundamentals - 10.4 Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer "In SI units the basic unit of energy is newton-metre".
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One newton-metre is the torque resulting from a force of one newton applied perpendicularly to the end of a moment arm that is one metre long.
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equivalent in the sense that they have the same expression in
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For the instrument that measures forces in newtons, see
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work and torque should be expressed in newton-meters,
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The nonstandard notation "Nm" occurs in some fields.
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Index

N·m
Spring scale

Unit system
SI
torque
FPS system
lbf.ft
ounce-force
torque
moment
International System of Units
force
newton
moment arm
metre
work
energy
joule
in the direction
perpendicular distance
dimensionally
SI base units
kind of quantity
Pa
Bq
Hz
ohm
ohm per square
kilogram-force

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