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charge unit comparison table |
Subject | has equivalent | is an acronym for | has base unit | has unit | has definition | has symbol | represent | is an instance of |
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coulomb | 2.998 × 109 esu | Syteme Internationale | s·A | defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations | Unit of charge. | C | electric charge, quantity of electricity | named derived SI unit |
electrostatic unit | Unit of charge defined as the charge which exerts a force of 1 dyne on a charge of equal magnitude at a distance of 1 cm. | esu | charge unit | |||||
stat-coulomb | 3.3 × 10-10 coulombs. | Unit of charge in the cgs electrostatic system. | CGS unit |
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