Convert Abcoulombs per centimetre to Coulombs per metre

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

Conversion Formula

C/m = abC/cm × 1000

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 metre

The coulomb per metre (C/m) is the SI coherent unit of linear charge density, equal to 1 A·s·m⁻¹. A typical lightning return stroke carries about 2-5 C/m along the channel; heavily charged surfaces like Van de Graaff sphere surfaces are described in C/m² (surface), but a thin wire coated with 1 C of charge per metre has a C/m linear density. Textbook Gauss's law problems routinely use C/m for infinite line-charge problems. 1 C/m = 10³ mC/m.

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