Difference between revisions of "Microcoulomb"
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Microcoulombs''' | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Microcoulombs''' | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |1 [[megacoulombs]] (1MC) |
| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:250px; text-align:center;" |Convert to '''microcoulombs''' x10<sup>12</sup> |
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>12</sup> µC | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>12</sup> µC | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |1 [[kilocoulombs]] (1kC) |
| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:250px; text-align:center;" |Convert to '''microcoulombs''' x10<sup>9</sup> |
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>9</sup> µC | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>9</sup> µC | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |1 [[Coulomb]] (1C) |
| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:250px; text-align:center;" |Convert to '''microcoulombs''' x10<sup>6</sup> |
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>6</sup> µC | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>6</sup> µC | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |1 [[millicoulombs]] 1(mC) |
| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:250px; text-align:center;" |Convert to '''microcoulombs''' x10<sup>3</sup> |
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>3</sup> µC | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>3</sup> µC | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |1 [[microcoulombs]] 1(µC) |
| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:250px; text-align:center;" |Convert to '''microcoulombs''' x1 |
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1µC | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1µC | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |1 [[nanocoulombs]] 1(nC) |
| − | | style="height:20px; width: | + | | style="height:20px; width:250px; text-align:center;" |Convert to '''microcoulombs''' x10<sup>-3</sup> |
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>-3</sup> µC | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>-3</sup> µC | ||
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Revision as of 18:47, 25 March 2019
Key Stage 4
Meaning
Microcoulombs (µC) are a unit of charge 1,000,000 times smaller than the SI Unit; the Coulomb.
About Microcoulombs
- Microcoulombs are shortened to µC with the Greek letter µ and an upper case C.
- Micro means one millionth so there are 1,000,000 microcoulombs in a Coulomb.
Converting to Microcoulombs
| Unit | To convert | Microcoulombs |
| 1 megacoulombs (1MC) | Convert to microcoulombs x1012 | 1x1012 µC |
| 1 kilocoulombs (1kC) | Convert to microcoulombs x109 | 1x109 µC |
| 1 Coulomb (1C) | Convert to microcoulombs x106 | 1x106 µC |
| 1 millicoulombs 1(mC) | Convert to microcoulombs x103 | 1x103 µC |
| 1 microcoulombs 1(µC) | Convert to microcoulombs x1 | 1µC |
| 1 nanocoulombs 1(nC) | Convert to microcoulombs x10-3 | 1x10-3 µC |