Coulomb 2026-10-13
The coulomb is the SI unit of electric charge. A constant electric current of transports in a time of ; a constant current of for transports . The prefix in explains the much smaller charge scale used in the worked Coulomb's law example. [ref]
International System of Units 2026-10-13
The International System of Units defines a common system for expressing physical quantities. Its base units include the kelvin for thermodynamic temperature; derived units combine them to describe quantities such as force and energy.[ref]
Joule 2026-10-13
Newton (unit) 2026-10-13
The newton is the SI unit of force:This combines the units of mass and acceleration in Newton's second law. [ref].
Pascal (unit) 2026-10-13
Temperature Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-28
Temperature is the intensive variable thermodynamically conjugate to entropy; at equilibrium it determines the direction of heat transfer.
Vacuum permittivity Created 2026-09-29 Updated 2026-10-05
Vacuum permittivity is the electromagnetic constant appearing in Coulomb's law and the SI vacuum Maxwell equations.
Volt 2026-10-13
The volt is the SI unit of electric potential and electric potential difference: , one joule per coulomb. A positive electric charge of moved through a potential increase of gains of potential energy; the electric field does of work. [ref].