Unit meV
Name millielectron volt
Category Energy
Details The megaelectron volt (MeV) is a unit of energy in the field of physics, particularly in particle and nuclear physics. It represents one million electron volts (eV). An electron volt is the amount of kinetic energy gained or lost by a single electron when it is accelerated through an electric potential difference of one volt.

In the context of energy, 1 eV is equal to 1.602 x 10^-19 joules. Therefore, 1 MeV is equal to 1.602 x 10^-13 joules. Because the electron volts (and by extension, megaelectron volts) are relatively small units of energy, they are used to describe the energies of particles, like electrons, protons, and photons, at the atomic and subatomic scale.

In nuclear and high-energy particle physics, MeV is frequently used to express the masses of subatomic particles through the concept of mass-energy equivalence, given by Einstein's famous equation E=mc^2. This means that an MeV can also be considered a unit of mass for subatomic particles.
meV(millielectron volt) to acal(attocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to acal [15 °C](attocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to acal [IT](attocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to aeV(attoelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to aJ(attojoule)meV(millielectron volt) to at [TNT](attotonne)meV(millielectron volt) to aW h(attowatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to BTU(British thermal unit)meV(millielectron volt) to BTU [15 °C](British thermal unit)meV(millielectron volt) to BTU [IT](British thermal unit)meV(millielectron volt) to cal(calorie)meV(millielectron volt) to cal [15 °C](calorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Cal [food](calorie)meV(millielectron volt) to cal [IT](calorie)meV(millielectron volt) to ccal(centicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to ccal [15 °C](centicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to ccal [IT](centicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to ceV(centielectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to cJ(centijoule)meV(millielectron volt) to ct [TNT](centitonne)meV(millielectron volt) to cW h(centiwatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to dacal(decacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to dacal [15 °C](decacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to dacal [IT](decacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to daeV(decaelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to daJ(decajoule)meV(millielectron volt) to dat [TNT](decatonne)meV(millielectron volt) to daW h(decawatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to dcal(decicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to dcal [15 °C](decicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to dcal [IT](decicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to deV(decielectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to dJ(decijoule)meV(millielectron volt) to dt [TNT](decitonne)meV(millielectron volt) to Dth [EC](decatherm)meV(millielectron volt) to dW h(deciwatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to Ecal(exacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Ecal [15 °C](exacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Ecal [IT](exacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to EeV(exaelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to EJ(exajoule)meV(millielectron volt) to ergmeV(millielectron volt) to Et [TNT](exatonne)meV(millielectron volt) to eV(electron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to EW h(exawatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to fcal(femtocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to fcal [15 °C](femtocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to fcal [IT](femtocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to feV(femtoelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to fJ(femtojoule)meV(millielectron volt) to ft lbf(foot-pound force)meV(millielectron volt) to ft [TNT](femtotonne)meV(millielectron volt) to fW h(femtowatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to Gcal(gigacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Gcal [15 °C](gigacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Gcal [IT](gigacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to GeV(gigaelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to GJ(gigajoule)meV(millielectron volt) to Gt [TNT](gigatonne)meV(millielectron volt) to GW h(gigawatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to Ha(hartree)meV(millielectron volt) to hcal(hectocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to hcal [15 °C](hectocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to hcal [IT](hectocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to heV(hectoelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to hJ(hectojoule)meV(millielectron volt) to ht [TNT](hectotonne)meV(millielectron volt) to hW h(hectowatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to J(joule)meV(millielectron volt) to kcal(kilocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to kcal [15 °C](kilocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to kcal [IT](kilocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to keV(kiloelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to kJ(kilojoule)meV(millielectron volt) to kt [TNT](kilotonne)meV(millielectron volt) to kW h(kilowatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to MBTU [IT](thousand British thermal units)meV(millielectron volt) to Mcal(megacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to mcal(millicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Mcal [15 °C](megacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to mcal [15 °C](millicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Mcal [IT](megacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to mcal [IT](millicalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to MDth [EC](thousand decatherms)meV(millielectron volt) to MeV(megaelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to MJ(megajoule)meV(millielectron volt) to mJ(millijoule)meV(millielectron volt) to MMBTU [IT](million British thermal units)meV(millielectron volt) to MMDth [EC](million decatherms)meV(millielectron volt) to Mt [TNT](megatonne)meV(millielectron volt) to mt [TNT](millitonne)meV(millielectron volt) to MW h(megawatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to mW h(milliwatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to ncal(nanocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to ncal [15 °C](nanocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to ncal [IT](nanocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to neV(nanoelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to nJ(nanojoule)meV(millielectron volt) to nt [TNT](nanotonne)meV(millielectron volt) to nW h(nanowatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to Pcal(petacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to pcal(picocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Pcal [15 °C](petacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to pcal [15 °C](picocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Pcal [IT](petacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to pcal [IT](picocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to PeV(petaelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to peV(picoelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to PJ(petajoule)meV(millielectron volt) to pJ(picojoule)meV(millielectron volt) to Pt [TNT](petatonne)meV(millielectron volt) to pt [TNT](picotonne)meV(millielectron volt) to PW h(petawatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to pW h(picowatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to quadmeV(millielectron volt) to t [TNT](tonne)meV(millielectron volt) to Tcal(teracalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Tcal [15 °C](teracalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Tcal [IT](teracalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to TeV(teraelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to th(thermie)meV(millielectron volt) to thm [EC](therm)meV(millielectron volt) to thm [Imperial](therm)meV(millielectron volt) to thm [US](therm)meV(millielectron volt) to TJ(terajoule)meV(millielectron volt) to toe(tonne of oil equivalent)meV(millielectron volt) to Tt [TNT](teratonne)meV(millielectron volt) to TW h(terawatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to W h(watt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to ycal(yoctocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Ycal(yottacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to ycal [15 °C](yoctocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Ycal [15 °C](yottacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to ycal [IT](yoctocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Ycal [IT](yottacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to yeV(yoctoelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to YeV(yottaelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to yJ(yoctojoule)meV(millielectron volt) to YJ(yottajoule)meV(millielectron volt) to yt [TNT](yoctotonne)meV(millielectron volt) to Yt [TNT](yottatonne)meV(millielectron volt) to yW h(yoctowatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to YW h(yottawatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to zcal(zeptocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Zcal(zettacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to zcal [15 °C](zeptocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Zcal [15 °C](zettacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to zcal [IT](zeptocalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to Zcal [IT](zettacalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to zeV(zeptoelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to ZeV(zettaelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to zJ(zeptojoule)meV(millielectron volt) to ZJ(zettajoule)meV(millielectron volt) to zt [TNT](zeptotonne)meV(millielectron volt) to Zt [TNT](zettatonne)meV(millielectron volt) to zW h(zeptowatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to ZW h(zettawatt hour)meV(millielectron volt) to µcal(microcalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to µcal [15 °C](microcalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to µcal [IT](microcalorie)meV(millielectron volt) to µeV(microelectron volt)meV(millielectron volt) to µJ(microjoule)meV(millielectron volt) to µt [TNT](microtonne)meV(millielectron volt) to µW h(microwatt hour)