[gmx-users] Potential Energy Units

[Yuhua Song]

> > Hello Gromacs Users,
> >
> > I'm having difficulty understanding the unit of potential energy
calculated
> > by g_energy. First I thought It must be KJ/mol as stated in the manual
but as
> > I see in my simulations it depends on the number of molecules in the
> > simulation box so it probably can't be "/mol".
> kj/mol system.
> If you have a homogeneous system (e.g. pure water) you can divide by the
> number of molecules.

The results obtained from the g_energy show the potential unit (V),  the
electric potential unit shown on the manual is: KJ/(mol e), in the manual,
it also shows that KJ/mole=0.010364272V. Does the g_energy had counted the
unit transformation?

Thanks,


Yuhua