Convert Abcoulombs per centimetre to Coulombs per centimetre

Convert Abcoulombs per centimetre (abC/cm) to Coulombs per centimetre (C/cm) instantly and accurately.

Abcoulombs per centimetre (abC/cm)
Coulombs per centimetre (C/cm)

Conversion Formula

C/cm = abC/cm × 10

About Abcoulombs per centimetre

The abcoulomb per centimetre (abC/cm) is the linear charge density unit of the CGS-EMU system, equal to 1 abC / 1 cm = 10 C / 0.01 m = 1 000 C/m, exactly equal to 1 kC/m in SI. It appears in nineteenth-century electromagnetic engineering texts on telegraphy cables and in EMU derivations of inductance and capacitance per unit length. 1 abC/cm = 1 000 C/m = 1 kC/m.

About Coulombs per centimetre

The coulomb per centimetre (C/cm) equals exactly 100 C/m, used in high-energy particle physics and pulsed-power engineering. Particle accelerator beam current densities along the beam axis are quoted in C/cm for high-intensity bunches; pulsed lightning-simulator spark channels carry several C/cm at peak current; field-emission cathode models describe space-charge limited current in C/cm. 1 C/cm = 100 C/m = 10⁻² kC/m.

Quick Reference Table

Abcoulombs per centimetre (abC/cm)Coulombs per centimetre (C/cm)
1 abC/cm10 C/cm
2 abC/cm20 C/cm
5 abC/cm50 C/cm
10 abC/cm100 C/cm
25 abC/cm250 C/cm
50 abC/cm500 C/cm
100 abC/cm1000 C/cm

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