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Oersted
| oersted | |
|---|---|
| Unit system | Gaussian units |
| Unit of | magnetic field strength |
| Symbol | Oe |
| Named after | Hans Christian Ørsted |
| Derivation | 1 dyn/Mx |
| Conversions | |
| 1 Oe in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| Gaussian base units | 1 cm−1/2⋅g1/2⋅s−1 |
| SI units | (4π)−1×103 A/m ≈ 79.57747 A/m |
The oersted (/ˈɜːrstɛd/,;[1] symbol Oe) is the coherent derived unit of the auxiliary magnetic field H in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).[2] It is equivalent to 1 dyne per maxwell.
- ^ "Oersted". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ "as late as 1936 a subcommittee of the IEC International Electrotechnical Commission proposed the names 'maxwell', 'gauss' and 'oersted' for the cgs electromagnetic units of flux, induction and magnetic field strength, respectively". — John James Roche, The Mathematics of Measurement: A Critical History, The Athlone Press, London, 1998, ISBN 0-485-11473-9, page 184 and John James Roche, "B and H, the intensity vectors of magnetism: A new approach to resolving a century-old controversy", American Journal of Physics, vol. 68, no. 5, 2000, doi: 10.1119/1.19459, p. 438; in both cases giving the reference as Claudio Egidi, editor, Giovanni Giorgi and his Contribution to Electrical Metrology: Proceedings of the meeting held in Turin (Italy) on 21 and 22, September 1988, Politecnico di Torino, Turin (IT), 1990, ISBN 978-8885259003, pp. 53–56
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