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unit:C_Stat

http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/C_Stat
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rdf:type qudt:Unit
dcterms:description The statcoulomb (\(statC\)) or franklin (\(Fr\)) or electrostatic unit of charge (\(esu\)) is the physical unit for electrical charge used in the centimetre-gram-second system of units (cgs) and Gaussian units. It is a derived unit given by \(1\ statC = 1\ g\ cm\ s = 1\ erg\ cm\). The SI system of units uses the coulomb (C) instead. The conversion between C and statC is different in different contexts. The number 2997924580 is 10 times the value of the speed of light expressed in meters/second, and the conversions are exact except where indicated. The coulomb is an extremely large charge rarely encountered in electrostatics, while the statcoulomb is closer to everyday charges.
qudt:applicableSystem
qudt:conversionMultiplier 0.00000000033356409519815204957557671447492
qudt:conversionMultiplierSN 3.3356409519815204957557671447492E-10
qudt:dbpediaMatch http://dbpedia.org/resource/Statcoulomb
qudt:derivedUnitOfSystem sou:CGS-ESU
qudt:exactMatch unit:FR
qudt:hasDimensionVector qkdv:A0E1L0I0M0H0T1D0
qudt:hasQuantityKind quantitykind:ElectricCharge
qudt:informativeReference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statcoulomb?oldid=492664360
qudt:latexDefinition
  • \(1 C \leftrightarrow 2997924580 statC \approx 3.00 \times 10^9 statC,\ 1 \hspace{0.3pc} statC \leftrightarrow \hspace{0.3pc} \approx 3.34 \times 10^{-10} C\) for electric charge.
  • \(1 C \leftrightarrow 4 \pi \times 2997924580 statC \approx 3.77 \times 10^{10} statC,\ 1 \hspace{0.3pc} statC \leftrightarrow \hspace{0.2pc} \approx 2.6 \times 10^{-11} C\) for electric flux \(\Phi_D\)
  • \(1 C/m \leftrightarrow 4 \pi \times 2997924580 \times 10^{-4} statC/cm \approx 3.77 \times 10^6 statC/cm,\ 1 \hspace{0.3pc} statC/cm \leftrightarrow \hspace{0.3pc} \approx 2.65 \times 10^{-7} C/m\) for electric displacement field \(D\).
qudt:omUnit http://www.ontology-of-units-of-measure.org/resource/om-2/statcoulomb
qudt:scalingOf unit:C
qudt:symbol “statC”
qudt:wikidataMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21131
rdfs:isDefinedBy http://qudt.org/3.1.11/vocab/unit
rdfs:label
  • “Statcoulomb”
  • “Statcoulomb”@en
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