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Ampere vs Faraday - What's the difference?

ampere | faraday |

As nouns the difference between ampere and faraday

is that ampere is a unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A while faraday is the quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance during electrolysis; approximately - 96,487 coulombs.

As a proper noun Faraday is

{{surname|from=Irish}}, Anglicized from Irish {{term|Ó Fearadaigh|lang=ga}}.

ampere

English

(wikipedia ampere)

Alternative forms

* , amp, A

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
  • Definition: The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 x 10–7 newton per metre of length. ( The International Bureau of Weights and Measures)

    Derived terms

    * * * milliamp * microamp * nanoamp * picoamp

    faraday

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • , English chemist and physicist