Joule (disambiguation)

The joule (symbol: J) is the SI derived unit of energy

Joule or joules may also refer to:

People

• Joule (surname)
• James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), English physicist and namesake of the term joule

Places

• 12759 Joule, an asteroid
• Joule (crater), on the Moon

Companies and organizations

• Joule Assets, American provider of energy reduction market analysis, tools and financing
• Joule Centre, an energy research centre based at the University of Manchester, England
• Joule Inc., a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association
• Joule Unlimited, formerly Joule Biotechnologies, producer of alternative energy technologies
• Joules (clothing), a British casual clothes brand
• JouleX, former software company
• The Joule Hotel, Dallas, Texas, US

Science and technology

• Joule (programming language)
• Joule cycle, a thermodynamic cycle
• Joule effect and Joule's law, several physical effects discovered by James Prescott Joule
• Joule expansion, a particular thermodynamic process
• Joule heating, process by which the passage of a current through a conductor releases heat
• joule per mole (J/mol), an SI derived unit of energy per amount of material
• joule-second (J∙s), a unit used to measure action or angular momentum
• joule/second (J/s), another term for the Watt
• Joule thief, a minimalist self-oscillating voltage booster

Other uses

• Joule (Q84), submarine of the French Navy
• Optimal Energy Joule, an electric car
• Joule, a scientific journal covering energy technologies and energy policy

See also

• Gough–Joule effect
• Joule–Thomson effect
• Juul (disambiguation)