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Wrong symbol for Work????
Hello everyone,
Maybe I am mistaken but a symbol for work is J, not W.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_unit#Derived_units — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiri.podsednik (talk • contribs) 08:25, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
- J is the unit, but W is the general symbol for the quantity itself. We say W = 10 J for example. It's just like we say F = 100 N.--Jasper Deng (talk) 10:58, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Since work is not a state function, the appropriate symbol is w, not W. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtciszewski (talk • contribs) 02:41, 14 September 2014 (UTC)