Energy density Extended Reference Table

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This is an extended version of the energy density table from the main Energy density page:

Energy densities table
Storage type Specific energy (MJ/kg)Energy density (MJ/L)Peak recovery efficiency  %Practical recovery efficiency %
Arbitrary Antimatter 89,875,517,874depends on density
Deuterium–tritium fusion 576,000,000 [1]
Uranium-235 fissile isotope144,000,000 [1] 1,500,000,000
Natural uranium (99.3% U-238, 0.7% U-235) in fast breeder reactor 86,000,000
Reactor-grade uranium (3.5% U-235) in light-water reactor 3,456,000 35%
Pu-238 α-decay2,200,000
Hf-178m2 isomer 1,326,00017,649,060
Natural uranium (0.7% U235) in light-water reactor 443,000 35%
Ta-180m isomer 41,340689,964
Metallic hydrogen (recombination energy)216 [2]
Specific orbital energy of Low Earth orbit (approximate)33.0
Beryllium + Oxygen 23.9 [3]
Lithium + Fluorine 23.75[ citation needed ]
Octaazacubane potential explosive22.9 [4]
Hydrogen + Oxygen 13.4 [5]
Gasoline + Oxygen –> Derived from Gasoline 13.3[ citation needed ]
Dinitroacetylene explosive - computed[ citation needed ]9.8
Octanitrocubane explosive8.5 [6] 16.9 [7]
Tetranitrotetrahedrane explosive - computed[ citation needed ]8.3
Heptanitrocubane explosive - computed[ citation needed ]8.2
Sodium (reacted with chlorine)[ citation needed ]7.0349
Hexanitrobenzene explosive7 [8]
Tetranitrocubane explosive - computed[ citation needed ]6.95
Ammonal (Al+NH4NO3 oxidizer)[ citation needed ]6.912.7
Tetranitromethane + hydrazine bipropellant - computed[ citation needed ]6.6
Nitroglycerin 6.38 [9] 10.2 [10]
ANFO-ANNM [ citation needed ]6.26
battery, Lithium–air 6.12
Octogen (HMX)5.7 [9] 10.8 [11]
TNT [12] 4.6106.92
Copper Thermite (Al + CuO as oxidizer)[ citation needed ]4.1320.9
Thermite (powder Al + Fe2O3 as oxidizer)4.0018.4
Hydrogen peroxide decomposition (as monopropellant)2.73.8
battery, Lithium-ion nanowire 2.5495%[ clarification needed ] [13]
battery, Lithium Thionyl Chloride (LiSOCl2) [14] 2.5
Water 220.64 bar, 373.8 °C[ citation needed ][ clarification needed ]1.9680.708
Kinetic energy penetrator [ clarification needed ]1.930
battery, Lithium–Sulfur [15] 1.80 [16] 1.26
battery, Fluoride-ion [ citation needed ]1.72.8
battery, Hydrogen closed cycle H fuel cell [17] 1.62
Hydrazine decomposition (as monopropellant)1.61.6
Ammonium nitrate decomposition (as monopropellant)1.42.5
Thermal Energy Capacity of Molten Salt 1[ citation needed ]98% [18]
Molecular spring approximate[ citation needed ]1
battery, Lithium–Manganese [19] [20] 0.83-1.011.98-2.09
battery, Sodium–Sulfur 0.72 [21] 1.23[ citation needed ]85% [22]
battery, Lithium-ion [23] [24] 0.46-0.720.83-3.6 [25] 95% [26]
battery, Sodium–Nickel Chloride, High Temperature0.56
battery, Zinc–manganese (alkaline), long life design [19] [23] 0.4-0.591.15-1.43
battery, Silver-oxide [19] 0.471.8
Flywheel 0.36-0.5 [27] [28]
5.56 × 45 mm NATO bullet muzzle energy density[ clarification needed ]0.43.2
battery, Nickel–metal hydride (NiMH), low power design as used in consumer batteries [29] 0.41.55
Liquid Nitrogen 0.349
Water – Enthalpy of Fusion 0.3340.334
battery, Zinc–Bromine flow (ZnBr) [30] 0.27
battery, Nickel–metal hydride (NiMH), High-Power design as used in cars [31] 0.2500.493
battery, Nickel–Cadmium (NiCd) [23] 0.141.0880% [26]
battery, Zinc–Carbon [23] 0.130.331
battery, Lead–acid [23] 0.140.36
battery, Vanadium redox 0.09[ citation needed ]0.118870-75%
battery, Vanadium–Bromide redox 0.180.25280%–90% [32]
Capacitor Ultracapacitor 0.0199 [33] 0.050[ citation needed ]
Capacitor Supercapacitor 0.01[ citation needed ]80%–98.5% [34] 39%–70% [34]
Superconducting magnetic energy storage 0.008 [35] >95%
Capacitor 0.002 [36]
Neodymium magnet 0.003 [37]
Ferrite magnet 0.0003 [37]
Spring power (clock spring), torsion spring 0.0003 [38] 0.0006
Storage typeEnergy density by mass (MJ/kg)Energy density by volume (MJ/L)Peak recovery efficiency %Practical recovery efficiency %

Notes

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