Kilocoulomb

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Meaning

Kilocoulombs (kC) are a unit of charge 1,000 times larger than the SI Unit; the Coulomb.

About Kilocoulombs

Kilocoulombs are shortened to kC with a lower case k and an upper case C.

Kilo means one thousand so there are 1,000 Coulombs in a kilocoulomb.

Converting to Kilocoulombs

Unit	To convert	Kilocoulombs
1 megacoulomb (1MC)	Convert to kilocoulombs x103	1x103kC
1 kilocoulomb (1kC)	Convert to kilocoulombs x1	1kC
1 Coulomb (1C)	Convert to kilocoulombs x10-3	1x10-3kC
1 millicoulomb 1(mC)	Convert to kilocoulombs x10-6	1x10-6kC
1 microcoulomb 1(µC)	Convert to kilocoulombs x10-9	1x10-9kC
1 nanocoulomb 1(nC)	Convert to kilocoulombs x10-12	1x10-12kC