Convert Abvolts per centimetre to Kilovolts per metre
Convert Abvolts per centimetre (abV/cm) to Kilovolts per metre (kV/m) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kV/m = abV/cm × 1.000000000e-9
About Abvolts per centimetre
The abvolt per centimetre (abV/cm) is the electric field unit of the CGS-EMU system, equal to 1 abV / 1 cm = 10⁻⁸ V / 0.01 m = 10⁻⁶ V/m, exactly equal to 1 µV/m. It appears in nineteenth-century electromagnetic texts alongside the abampere and abohm when deriving field solutions from the CGS-EMU form of Coulomb's law. 1 abV/cm = 10⁻⁶ V/m = 1 µV/m.
About Kilovolts per metre
The kilovolt per metre (kV/m) equals 10³ V/m, the standard unit for power-frequency electric field safety limits and environmental surveys near high-voltage infrastructure. ICNIRP occupational exposure limit for 50 Hz electric fields is 10 kV/m; directly under a 400 kV transmission line the surface field reaches 10-15 kV/m; the Earth's fair-weather atmospheric field averages 0.1-0.2 kV/m. 1 kV/m = 10³ V/m.
Quick Reference Table
| Abvolts per centimetre (abV/cm) | Kilovolts per metre (kV/m) |
|---|---|
| 1 abV/cm | 1 × 10-9 kV/m |
| 2 abV/cm | 2 × 10-9 kV/m |
| 5 abV/cm | 5 × 10-9 kV/m |
| 10 abV/cm | 1 × 10-8 kV/m |
| 25 abV/cm | 2.5 × 10-8 kV/m |
| 50 abV/cm | 5 × 10-8 kV/m |
| 100 abV/cm | 1 × 10-7 kV/m |