Like Angelina Joule? [Joke] It doesn't work that way; a joule isn't equivalent to a temperature reading. Joules and calories measure energy, but you wouldn't ask how hot is a calorie since I expect you're more familiar with this unit.
How much will one joule raise the temperature of one gram of water is a better question. But you didn't ask that.
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The official temperature scale is the Celsius scale. 1 Joule is equal to 1 watt-second, where 1 watt is equivalent to 1 joule per second.
James Prescott Joule.
James Joule's parents were Benjamin Joule and Alice Prescott. Benjamin Joule was a brewer and became the manager of a brewery in Salford, England. Alice Prescott was from a wealthy family in Manchester.
The joule is named after James Prescott Joule, a British physicist who made significant contributions to the study of energy and thermodynamics. Joule's work laid the foundation for the concept of the conservation of energy in physics.
The joule is the unit of energy in the International System of Units.
The quantity for joule is energy.