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Coulomb vs Faraday - What's the difference?

coulomb | faraday |

As nouns the difference between coulomb and faraday

is that coulomb is in the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C 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}}.

coulomb

Noun

(en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
  • He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end.
  • Jewelry: pendant. From the homophone for Coulomb in Russian, ?????.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) English eponyms ----

    faraday

    English

    Proper noun

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