SI unit of electric charge
Asked by Nandini Kapoor · 1 year ago
What is the SI unit of electric charge and how is it defined?
1 Answer
The SI unit of electric charge is the coulomb (C). It is defined as:
1 coulomb = 1 ampere × 1 second
This means that a charge of one coulomb is equivalent to the amount of charge transferred by a current of one ampere flowing for one second.
In terms of fundamental particles, one coulomb is approximately equal to 6.242 × 1018 electrons (or protons).
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