Microcoulomb

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 megacoulomb (1MC)	Convert to microcoulombs x1012	1x1012 µC
1 kilocoulomb (1kC)	Convert to microcoulombs x109	1x109 µC
1 Coulomb (1C)	Convert to microcoulombs x106	1x106 µC
1 millicoulomb 1(mC)	Convert to microcoulombs x103	1x103 µC
1 microcoulomb 1(µC)	Convert to microcoulombs x1	1µC
1 nanocoulomb 1(nC)	Convert to microcoulombs x10-3	1x10-3 µC