Meaning & use

Microcoulomb

noun·Academic

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A unit of electric charge equal to one millionth of a coulomb.

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The capacitor stored a charge of only a few microcoulombs.

Static electricity from friction typically involves charges measured in microcoulombs.

A note on using this word

The coulomb, from which this unit derives, is named after French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

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