Electric constant/Definition

From Citizendium
< Electric constant
Revision as of 17:41, 27 March 2011 by imported>John R. Brews (rewrite; the name electric constant does not apply to e.s.u.)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
A definition or brief description of Electric constant.

A physical constant in the International System of Units (SI) relating capacitance to area with an exact value ε0 = 107/(4πc02) F/m, c0 being the defined value for the speed of light in classical vacuum in the SI units.