What is a g ?

[Malicious]

What is a "g"?

What is the electric field strength at a paoint in space where a protone (m=1.67x10^-27 kg) experiences an acceleration of 1 million "g's"?

My only question is:
What is a "g"?

 

[ranger]

Its a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity. Its basically the amount of force a body feels when its accelerated.

 

[AlephZero]

Its a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity. Its basically the amount of force a body feels when its accelerated.

No, it is a unit of acceleration, not a unit of force.

It is the acceleration of a mass falling freely near the Earth's surface (with no air resistance, etc).

1g = 9.80665 m/s^2.

 

[Malicious]

Thanks guys. I can't believe I didn't know that "g" meant gravity.