Answer:
1 Joule of work is said to be done when a force of 1 Newton is applied to move/displace a body by 1 metre.
1 Joule= 1 Newton × 1 metre
1 Newton is the amount of force required to accelerate body of mass 1 kg by 1m/s²
So units of N is kgm/s²
So,
1 Joule
=1kgm/s² × m
=1kgm²/s²
1 erg is the amount of work done by a force of 1 dyne exerted for a distance of one centimetre.
1 Erg =1 Dyne × 1 cm
1 dyne is the force required to cause a mass of 1 gram to accelerate at a rate of 1cm/s².
1 Erg=1 gmcm/s² × cm
1 Erg=1 gmcm/s² × cm=1gmcm²/s²
this is what you need to convert 1gmcm²/s² to 1kgm²/s²
[1gm=0.001kg
1cm²
=1cm ×1cm
=0.01 m × 0.01 m
=0.0001m²
second remains constant
]
So,
1gmcm²/s²
=0.001kg×0.0001m²/s²
=0.001kg×0.0001m²/s² =0.0000001kgm²/s²
Hence,
