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CGS versus SI

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! Symbol
! colspan="3" | SI unit
! colspan="3" | CGS unit(EMU)
! SI to CGS conversion factor
|-
|| ''L''
|style="text-align:left;"| metre
|| m
|| m
|style="text-align:left;"| centimetre
|| cm
|| cm
|| 10<sup>−2</sup>
|| ''m''
|style="text-align:left;"| kilogram
|| kg
|| kg
|style="text-align:left;"| gram
|| g
|| g
|| 10<sup>−3</sup>
|| ''t''
|style="text-align:left;"| second
|| s
|| s
|style="text-align:left;"| second
|| s
|| s
|| 1
! acceleration
|| ''a''
|style="text-align:left;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre_per_second_squared Metre metre per second squared]
||
|| m⋅s<sup>−2</sup>
|style="text-align:left;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal_%28unit%29 Galgalileo]|| galGal
|| cm⋅s<sup>−2</sup>
|| 10<sup>−2</sup>
|| kg⋅m<sup>2</sup>·s<sup>−3</sup>
|style="text-align:left;"| erg per second
|| erg⋅s<sup>−1</sup>
|| g·cm<sup>2</sup>·s<sup>−3</sup>
|| 10<sup>−7</sup>
||
|| A·m<sup>2</sup>
|style="text-align:left;"| dyne-centimetres per Gausselectromagnetic unit|| emu
|| abA·cm<sup>2</sup>
|| 10<sup>−3</sup>
|| Oe
|| g·cm·s<sup>−2</sup>
|| 4π·10<sup>−3</1000sup>
|-
! magnetic flux
||
|| -
|| 1(4π)<sup>−1</sup>|-! electric current|| ''I''|style="text-align:left;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere ampere]|| A|| A|style="text-align:left;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abampere abampere] (or biot)|| abA (or Bi)|| abA (or Bi)|| 10<sup>−1</sup>|-! electric charge|| ''Q''|style="text-align:left;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulomb coulomb]|| C|| A·s|style="text-align:left;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abcoulomb abcoulomb]|| abC|| abA·s|| 10<sup>−1</sup>
|}
! Symbol
! colspan="3" | SI unit
! colspan="3" | CGS unit(EMU)
! SI to CGS conversion factor
|-
|| ''µ<sub>0</sub>''·(4π)<sup>−1</sup>
|| 10<sup>−7</sup>
|| kg⋅m·s<sup>−2</sup>·A<sup>−3−2</sup>||Unity
|| 1
||
|| ''µ<sub>0</sub>''
|| 4π·10<sup>−7</sup>
|| kg·m·s<sup>−2</sup>·A<sup>−3−2</sup>||Unity
|| 1
||
|| ''µ<sub>0</sub>''<sup>−1</sup>
|}
 
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