The Electromagnetic System of Units (EMU)
Description
Examples
The electromagnetic system of units (EMU) has the centimeter, gram, second, and biot as its base units, where the biot is energy-equivalent to the unit square root dyne (cm⁢gs). For naming consistency, the biot is called the abampere.
When used in conjunction with the UseSystem command, the electromagnetic system sets the following units for the given dimensions.
Dimension Name
Unit Name
length
centimeter
mass
gram
time
second
speed
kyne
acceleration
gal
force
dyne
energy
erg
power
erg per second
pressure
barye
electric current
abampere
electric charge
abcoulomb
electric capacitance
abfarad
magnetic inductance
abhenry
electric conductance
absiemens
electric resistance
abohm
magnetic flux density
abtesla
electric potential
abvolt
magnetic flux
abweber
plane angle
radian
solid angle
steradian
Electromagnetic units can be converted to their energy equivalents.
convert⁡1,units,sqrt⁡dyne,abampere,energy
1
convert⁡1,units,sqrt⁡cm⁢g,abcoulomb,energy
If infolevel is set to a greater integer (possible settings are 1 through 5), more detailed information about the computation method is displayed.
infolevelUnits≔1:
convert⁡1.28523,system,W,EMU
convert/system: "converting to the units erg/s"
1.285230000×107
convert⁡5.2324932,system,mho,EMU
convert/system: "converting to the units abS"
5.232493200×10−9
unassign⁡infolevelUnits
with⁡UnitsStandard:
UnitsUseSystem⁡EMU
Notes:
To enter a unit in 2-D Math input, select the unit from the appropriate Units palette. If the unit you want is not there, select unit and then enter the unit.
When you edit a unit, double brackets appear around it.
5⁢Unit⁡kg⁢ms
5⁢kg⁢ms
combine⁡,units
500000⁢g⁢cms
Unit⁡s
500000⁢dyn
Unit⁡cm2
500000⁢barye
See Also
convert/system
convert/units
infolevel
unassign
Units
Units/EnergyConversions
Units/Index
Units/Standard
Units/Systems
Units[UseSystem]
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