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Electrical Units

Electrical & electronic units of electric current, voltage, power, resistance, capacitance,
inductance, electric charge, electric field, magnetic flux, frequency:

Electrical & electronic units table


Unit Name Unit Symbol Quantity

Ampere (amp) A Electric current (I)

Voltage (V, E)
Volt V Electromotive force (E)
Potential difference (Δφ)

Ohm Ω Resistance (R)

Watt W Electric power (P)

Decibel-milliwatt dBm Electric power (P)

Decibel-Watt dBW Electric power (P)

Volt-Ampere-Reactive var Reactive power (Q)

Volt-Ampere VA Apparent power (S)

Farad F Capacitance (C)

Henry H Inductance (L)


Conductance (G)
siemens / mho S Admittance (Y)

Coulomb C Electric charge (Q)

Ampere-hour Ah Electric charge (Q)

Joule J Energy (E)

Kilowatt-hour kWh Energy (E)

Electron-volt eV Energy (E)

Ohm-meter Ω∙m Resistivity (ρ)

siemens per meter S/m Conductivity (σ)

Volts per meter V/m Electric field (E)


Newtons per coulomb N/C Electric field (E)

Volt-meter V⋅m Electric flux (Φe)

Tesla T Magnetic field (B)

Gauss G Magnetic field (B)

Weber Wb Magnetic flux (Φm)

Hertz Hz Frequency (f)

Seconds s Time (t)

Meter / metre m Length (l)

Square-meter m2 Area (A)

Decibel dB
Parts per million ppm

Units prefix table


Prefix Prefix Prefix
Example
Symbol factor

pico p 10-12 1pF = 10-12F


nano n 10-9 1nF = 10-9F
micro μ 10-6 1μA = 10-6A
milli m 10-3 1mA = 10-3A
kilo k 10 3 1kΩ = 1000Ω
mega M 10 6 1MHz = 106Hz
giga G 10 9 1GHz = 109Hz
Electrical units definitions
Volt (V)
Volt is the electrical unit of voltage.
One volt is the energy of 1 joule that is consumed when electric charge of 1 coulomb
flows in the circuit.
1V = 1J / 1C
Ampere (A)
Ampere is the electrical unit of electrical current. It measures the amount of electrical
charge that flows in an electrical circuit per 1 second.
1A = 1C / 1s
Ohm (Ω)
Ohm is the electrical unit of resistance.
1Ω = 1V / 1A
Watt (W)
Watt is the electrical unit of electric power. It measures the rate of consumed energy.
1W = 1J / 1s
1W = 1V ⋅ 1A
Decibel-milliwatt (dBm)
Decibel-milliwatt or dBm is a unit of electric power, measured with logarithmic scale
referenced to 1mW.
10dBm = 10 ⋅ log10(10mW / 1mW)
Decibel-Watt (dBW)
Decibel-watt or dBW is a unit of electric power, measured with logarithmic scale
referenced to 1W.
10dBW = 10 ⋅ log10(10W / 1W)
Farad (F)
Farad is the unit of capacitance. It represents the amount of electric charge in
coulombs that is stored per 1 volt.
1F = 1C / 1V
Henry (H)
Henry is the unit of inductance.
1H = 1Wb / 1A
siemens (S)
siemens is the unit of conductance, which is the opposite of resistance.
1S = 1 / 1Ω
Coulomb (C)
Coulomb is the unit of electric charge.
1C = 6.238792×1018 electron charges
Ampere-hour (Ah)
Ampere-hour is a unit of electric charge.
One ampere-hour is the electric charge that flow in electrical circuit, when a current of 1
ampere is applied for 1 hour.
1Ah = 1A ⋅ 1hour
One ampere-hour is equal to 3600 coulombs.
1Ah = 3600C
Tesla (T)
Tesla is the unit of magnetic field.
1T = 1Wb / 1m2
Weber (Wb)
Weber is the unit of magnetic flux.
1Wb = 1V ⋅ 1s
Joule (J)
Joule is the unit of energy.
1J = 1 kg ⋅ m2 / s2
Kilowatt-hour (kWh)
Kilowatt-hour is a unit of energy.
1kWh = 1kW ⋅ 1h = 1000W ⋅ 1h
Kilovolt-amps (kVA)
Kilovolt-amps is a unit of power.
1kVA = 1kV ⋅ 1A = 1000 ⋅ 1V ⋅ 1A
Hertz (Hz)
Hertz is the unit of frequency. It measures the number of cycles per second.
1 Hz = 1 cycles / s

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