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Historically, what came first: coulomb unit or ampere unit?
Coulomb and ampere are both units of measurement used to quantify the amount of electric charge. Coulomb is a unit of electric charge, while ampere is a unit of electric current. One coulomb is equal to the amount of charge that passes through a conductor in one second when the current is one ampere.
The ampere unit was established in 1881 by the International Electrical Congress, while the coulomb unit was defined in 1946 by the General Conference on Weights and Measures. Therefore, the ampere unit came first.
These units were created to standardize the measurement of electricity and make it easier to compare and communicate measurements across different systems and countries.
Yes, both the coulomb and ampere units are still used today in various fields such as electrical engineering, physics, and chemistry.
Yes, these units can be converted into each other using the equation: 1 ampere = 1 coulomb per second. This means that one ampere is equal to one coulomb of charge passing through a conductor in one second.