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electrostatic unit of charge

unit of measurement

Also known as: esu, statcoulomb

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definition
- In Coulomb force
  …charge is one electrostatic unit, esu, or statcoulomb. In the metre–kilogram–second and the SI systems, the unit of force (newton), the unit of charge (coulomb), and the unit of distance (metre), are all defined independently of Coulomb’s law, so the proportionality factor k is constrained to take a value consistent…
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measurement of

electric charge
electric current
- In electric current
  …units of current is the electrostatic unit of charge (esu) per second. One ampere equals 3 × 10⁹ esu per second.
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