Electrical Units

This list presents most of the units that you will encounter in electrical engineering applications and literature.

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Visit NIST for all constants, units, and uncertainties. This is their Extensive Listing of constants.

Here is a list of electrical constants.

Name (Symbol) Base Unit Unit Symbol
Angular Frequency radians/second ω
Admittance (Y) siemens S
Capacitance (C) farad F
Capacitive Reactance (XC) ohm Ω
Center Frequency (Fc) hertz Hz
Charge coulomb C
Conductance (G) [Mho symbol - RF Cafe] siemen [mho] S (Mho symbol - RF Cafe) [1/Ω]
Conductivity (σ) siemens/meter S/m
Current (I) ampere A
Dipole Moment coulomb·meter p
Electric Charge coulomb Q
Electric Flux coulomb Ψ
Electric Flux Density coulomb/meter2 D
Electric Susceptibility  1 χe
Energy (E) joule J
Frequency hertz Hz
Impedance (Z) ohm Ω
Inductance (L) henry H
Inductive Reactance (XL) ohm Ω
Joule watt·second J
Linear Current Density amperes/meter2 A
Magnetic Field tesla T
Magnetic Flux weber Φ
Magnetic Flux Linkage weber Λ
Magnetic Flux Density tesla B
Magnetic Susceptibility  1 χμ
Magnetic Vector Potential weber/meter A
Magnetization ampere/meter M
Magnetomotive Force weber Wb
Mutual Inductance henry Li,j    Mi,j
Permeability henrys/meter μ
Permittivity farads/meter ε
Phase Angle radian Φ
Phase Coefficient radian β
Potential (V) volt V
Power (P) watt W
Reluctance (R) 1/henrys 1/H
Reluctivity meters/henry ν
Resistance (R) ohm Ω
Resistivity (ρ) ohm·meter Ω*m
Resonant Frequency (Fr) hertz Hz
Surface Density of Charge coulombs/meter2 σ
Susceptance (B) siemen S
Volume Density of Charge coulombs/meter3 ρ
Volume Resistivity ohms/meter3 ρ
Wavelength meter λ