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Is it possible to derive the value for vacuum permittivity(εo) without using the speed of light.?
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Welcome to PF!
What do you mean by derive? How can you derive a fundamental constant? Does the definition count? Where Coulomb constant=1/4πε0
What do you mean by derive? How can you derive a fundamental constant? Does the definition count? Where Coulomb constant=1/4πε0
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vivek2994 said:Is it possible to derive the value for vacuum permittivity(εo) without using the speed of light.?
Well yes of course, wasn't the speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum derived from the electrical vacuum constants?
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_electromagnetic_theory#Maxwell.2C_Hertz.2C_and_Tesla
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