The Unit (was: One-upsmanship (was: Secret Mac))

From: Sridhar the POWERful <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Fri Apr 19 09:28:08 2002

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:

> > > It is a derivated unit, as Coulomb, but you'r right, the
> > > name is Degree Celsius (oC), and youre right, C is Coulomb.
>
> > Coulombs aren't derived.
>
> Coulombs are defined as As (Ampere Seconds) and therefore derivated
> from the seven basic units (m,kg,s,A,K,mol,cd).

But A are defined as C/s, right? C are just derived in terms of eV,
aren't they?

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 09:28:08 BST