The CGS unit for energy is

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ERG

An erg is the amount of work done by a force of one dyne exerted for a distance of one centimeter. In the CGSbase units, it is equal to one gram centimeter-squared per second-squared (g. cm2/s2). It is thus equal to 10−7 joules or 100 nanojoules (nJ) in SI units

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