Chemistry In Context
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ISBN: 9781259638145
Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 7.2, Problem 7.3YT
Skill Building Coulombs
The SI unit of electric charge is the coulomb, C, which is equivalent to the charge of 6.242 × 1018 protons. Express amps and ohms in terms of the base SI units of J, C, and s. Perform dimensional analysis for Equation 7.5 to show that volts may be expressed as J/C.
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