Definition:Faraday
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Definition
The faraday is defined as the amount of electric charge needed to release one gram-equivalent of a chemical element.
Conversion Factors
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | faraday | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 9 \cdotp 64853 \, 32123 \, 31001 \, 84 \times 10^4\) | coulombs per mole: $\mathrm {C \, mol^{-1} }$ | \(\quad\) This sequence is A163999 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (N. J. A. Sloane (Ed.), 2008). | ||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 9 \cdotp 64853 \, 32123 \, 31001 \, 84 \times 10^7\) | coulombs per kilogram-mole: $\mathrm {C / kg \, mol}$ | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 2 \cdotp 89255 \, 33018 \, 664 \times 10^{14}\) | statcoulombs per mole: $\mathrm {statC \, mol^{-1} }$ |
Symbol
- $\mathrm F$
The symbol for the faraday is $\mathrm F$.
Its $\LaTeX$ code is \mathrm F .
Also see
Source of Name
This entry was named for Michael Faraday.
Sources
- 1978: A.P. French and Edwin F. Taylor: An Introduction to Quantum Physics ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: Simple models of the atom: $\text {1-3}$: The Electrical Structure of Matter