etomica.units
Class Statcoulomb

java.lang.Object
  etomica.units.SimpleUnit
      etomica.units.Statcoulomb

All Implemented Interfaces:

Unit, Serializable

public final class Statcoulomb
extends SimpleUnit

The statcoulomb unit of electrical charge, which is the standard unit of charge in the CGS unit system. Also known as the electrostatic unit (esu), or the franklin. Equal to approximately 3.3356e-10 coulombs, or sqrt(N_avogadro) in simulation units.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static Statcoulomb

UNIT Convenience instance of this unit to permit unit to be assigned without creating a new instance of it each time

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class etomica.units.SimpleUnit

dimension, fromSim, prefixAllowed, symbol, toSim, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

UNIT

public static final Statcoulomb UNIT

Convenience instance of this unit to permit unit to be assigned without creating a new instance of it each time