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CGS versus SI

104 bytes added, 15:12, 5 November 2015
Split out the constants into their own table.
|| g·cm·s<sup>−2</sup>
|| 1000/4π
|}
 
== Constants ==
 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Constant
! Symbol
! colspan="3" | SI unit
! colspan="3" | CGS unit
! SI to CGS conversion factor
|-
!
!
! Definition
! Value
! Base units
! Definition
! Value
! Base units
!
|-
! magnetic force constant
|| ''k''<sub>A</sub>
|style="text-align:left;"| Defined as ''µ<sub>0</sub>''·(4π)<sup>−1</sup>|| 10<sup>−7</sup>|| kg⋅m·s<sup>−2</sup>·A<sup>−3</sup>|||| 1
||
|| 10<sup>−7</sup> kg⋅m·s<sup>−2</sup>·A<sup>−3</sup>
|style="text-align:left;"| Defined as 1
||
|| 1
|| 4π·''µ<sub>0</sub>''<sup>−1</sup>
|-
! magnetic constant
|| ''µ<sub>0</sub>''
|style="text-align:left;"| Defined as ''µ<sub>0</sub>''|||| 4π·10<sup>−7</sup> || kg·m·s<sup>−2</sup>·A<sup>−3</sup>|style="text-align:left;"| Defined as 1
||
|| 1
||
|| ''µ<sub>0</sub>''<sup>−1</sup>
|}
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