Does anybody know what the si symbol 'sc' stands for?

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Of all the evil things that I could be stuck on, its not even bad arithmetic this time around. No, I have been stumped by units.

Does anybody know what the si symbol 'sc' stands for? Is that even a symbol?
 
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What subject area did you see it in?
 
Never heard of it. If it's a Si unit, then it's a derived unit, that's for sure. Try to google it up, there are lots of SI unit references on the web.
 
tandoorichicken said:
Of all the evil things that I could be stuck on, its not even bad arithmetic this time around. No, I have been stumped by units.

Does anybody know what the si symbol 'sc' stands for? Is that even a symbol?
Maybe a sloppy abbreviation for statcoulomb

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci550791,00.html
 

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