Definition:Statcoulomb

Definition

The statcoulomb is the CGS unrationalised electrostatic base unit of electric charge.

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Symbol

$\mathrm {statC}$

The symbol for the statcoulomb is $\mathrm {statC}$.

Its $\LaTeX$ code is \mathrm {statC} .

Also known as

The statcoulomb is also known as:

the electrostatic unit, abbreviated $\mathrm {e.s.u.}$

the franklin, abbreviated $\mathrm {Fr}$, for Benjamin Franklin.

Source of Name

This entry was named for Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Linguistic Note

The word statcoulomb is a shortened form of abstatcoulomb, where the idea was that the prefix abstat should stand for absolute electrostatic and mean belonging to the CGS-ESU (electrostatic cgs) absolute system of units.