Re: Definition of a Farad

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• Subject: Re: Definition of a Farad
• From: Adam <psycho-at-tradewind-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:20:47 -0600
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

>
>         The word "Farad" is in honor of 19th century english physicist
Michael
> Faraday.  Faraday was an early pioneer of electricity.
>         Another unit is named in his honor.  The "Faraday" is 9.649 x 10^4
> Coulombs of charge.  The Faraday and the Farad are separate units.
>
>                                                         Brent
>                                                 <StretchMonster -at- juno-dot-com>

_Technically_, the Faraday is a _constant_, not a unit, if I remember
correctly.
Also, don't forget about Faraday's Law, which relates induced voltage from a
changing magnetic field to the number of turns of wire times the the change in
magnetic flux over a certain amount of time.  If only our beloved Nikola Tesla
received such credit for the work that he did...


Getting a little off topic (sorry),
Adam

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