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<onlyinclude>The coulomb, also written as its abbreviation 'C', is the [[SI]] unit for [[electricity|electric]] charge. One coulomb is equal to the amount of [[charge]] from a [[current]] of one [[ampere]] flowing for one [[second]]</onlyinclude>. | <onlyinclude>The coulomb, also written as its abbreviation 'C', is the [[SI]] unit for [[electricity|electric]] charge. One coulomb is equal to the amount of [[charge]] from a [[current]] of one [[ampere]] flowing for one [[second]]</onlyinclude>. | ||
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To learn more about the coulomb, click [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictC.html#coulomb here]. | To learn more about the coulomb, click [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictC.html#coulomb here]. | ||
== For Further Reading == | |||
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*[[Electric charge]] | |||
*[[Electric field]] | |||
*[[Electromagnetic force]] | |||
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Revision as of 20:51, 9 May 2018
The coulomb, also written as its abbreviation 'C', is the SI unit for electric charge. One coulomb is equal to the amount of charge from a current of one ampere flowing for one second.
One coulomb is equal to the charge on 6.241 x 1018 protons. The charge on 1 proton is 1.6 x 10-19 C. Conversely, the charge of an electron is -1.6 x 1019 C.
A coulomb is an enormous charge - two 1 C charges that are 1 m apart exert a force of 9 x 109 newtons (see Coulomb's law). That's over two million tonnes, ~720x as much as the thrust of a space shuttle solid rocket booster during liftoff.[1]
To learn more about the coulomb, click here.
For Further Reading
For further information please see the related pages below:
- Electric charge
- Electric field
- Electromagnetic force
- Or explore a random page!