statvolt
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- g·cm/s :26
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- statvolt
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- Unit system
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- CGS-ESU and CGS-Gaussian
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- Unit of
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- electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force
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- Symbol
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- statV
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- Named after
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- Alessandro Volta
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- In CGS base units
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- abvolt
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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 , i.e. to 299.792458 volts.
The statvolt is also defined in the CGS system as 1 erg per statcoulomb. It is a useful unit for electromagnetism because, in 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 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.
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