coulomb
SI unit of electric charge
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Summary
coulomb is an unit of electric charge[1]. coulomb draws 7,956 Wikipedia views per month (unit of electric charge category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: SI unit with special name[3], UCUM base unit[4]
- Measured physical quantity: electric charge[5], electric flux[6]
- Named after: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb[7]
- Based on: ampere[8], second[9]
- Commons category: Coulomb (charge unit)[10]
- Numeric value: 6241509074460762607.7762409809304458998869658961709711215274158092608907689262930544023899427308712080493367125212986972071895 elementary charge[11]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C42550[16]
- Different from: Coulomb's constant[17], C (disambiguation)[18], Coulomb[19]
- Conversion to SI unit: 1 coulomb[20]
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q25406 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
- Unit symbol: C[23], Кл[24], К[25]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[26]
- Derived from base unit: ampere[27], second[28]
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Influence
Things named for coulomb include Coulomb collision[29], a collision[30].
Why It Matters
coulomb has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] coulomb is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for coulomb include Coulomb collision[29], a collision[30].