Question

What is the c.g.s. unit if electric current.

Answer 1

In the centimetre–gram–second system there are two units of electric charge: the electrostatic unit of charge, esu, orstatcoulomb; and the electromagnetic unit of charge, emu, or abcoulomb. One coulomb of electric charge equals about 3,000,000,000 esu, or one-tenth emu.

Answer 2

The centimetre - gram - second of units is a variant of the metric system based on the centimetre as a unit of length the gram as the unit of mass , and the second as the unit of time ........... for example , the CGS which is unit force is the dyne which is defined as 1 gram.