Statvolt
A CGS-ESU and gaussian unit of voltage / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The statvolt is a unit of voltage and electrical potential used in the CGS-ESU and gaussian systems of units. In terms of its relation to the SI units, one statvolt corresponds to ccgs 10−8 volt,[lower-alpha 1] i.e. to 299.792458 volts.[2][lower-alpha 2]
statvolt | |
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Unit system | CGS-ESU and CGS-Gaussian |
Unit of | electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force |
Symbol | statV |
Named after | Alessandro Volta |
In CGS base units | g1/2·cm1/2/s [1]:26 |
Conversions | |
1 statV in ... | ... corresponds to ... |
SI | ccgs 10−8 volt = 299.792458 volt[lower-alpha 1] |
CGS-EMU | ccgs abvolt |
The statvolt is also defined in the CGS system as 1 erg / statcoulomb.[2] It is a useful unit for electromagnetism because, in a vacuum, an electric field of one statvolt per centimetre has the same energy density as a magnetic field of one gauss. Likewise, a plane wave propagating in a vacuum has perpendicular electric and magnetic fields such that for every gauss of magnetic field intensity there is one statvolt/cm of electric field intensity.[2]
In the CGS-EMU system, the unit of voltage is the abvolt.