Electric Resistance

Characteristic

abohm

Notes

Other Name

emu-of-resistance

Metric (SI) Equivalent

1 nanoohm

This equivalent and the others below are exact.

Other Metric (SI) Equivalents with More Basic Units

1 nanovolt / ampere

1×10-9 meter2 kilograms / ampere2 second3

Metric (SI) Dimensions

length2 × mass × time-3 × electric-current-2

These are the dimensions of the "electric resistance" quantity in SI units. There are other unit systems used in electromagnetics that may assign different dimensions.

Characteristic

characteristic-impedance-of-vacuum

Notes

Metric (SI) Equivalent

376.73031367 ohms

Other Metric (SI) Equivalents with More Basic Units

376.73031367 volts / ampere

376.73031367 meter2 kilograms / ampere2 second3

Standard Uncertainty

± 5.7×10-8 ohms

Metric (SI) Dimensions

length2 × mass × time-3 × electric-current-2

These are the dimensions of the "electric resistance" quantity in SI units. There are other unit systems used in electromagnetics that may assign different dimensions.

Characteristic

ohm

Notes

Other Name

omega

Metric (SI) Equivalent

ohm is a metric unit (in fact, it is a derived SI unit)

Other Metric (SI) Equivalents with More Basic Units

10 decivolts / ampere

1 meter2 kilogram / ampere2 second3

Metric (SI) Dimensions

length2 × mass × time-3 × electric-current-2

These are the dimensions of the "electric resistance" quantity in SI units. There are other unit systems used in electromagnetics that may assign different dimensions.

Characteristic

statohm

Notes

Other Name

esu-of-resistance

Metric (SI) Equivalent

898.75517874 gigaohms

Other Metric (SI) Equivalents with More Basic Units

898.75517874 gigavolts / ampere

8.9875517874×1011 meter2 kilograms / ampere2 second3

Metric (SI) Dimensions

length2 × mass × time-3 × electric-current-2

These are the dimensions of the "electric resistance" quantity in SI units. There are other unit systems used in electromagnetics that may assign different dimensions.

Characteristic

von-Klitzing-constant

Notes

Symbol

RK

Use "R-K" for our conversion calculators.

Metric (SI) Equivalent

25812.807459 ohms

This equivalent and the others below are calculated from exact values.

Other Metric (SI) Equivalents with More Basic Units

25812.807459 volts / ampere

25812.807459 meter2 kilograms / ampere2 second3

Metric (SI) Dimensions

length2 × mass × time-3 × electric-current-2

These are the dimensions of the "electric resistance" quantity in SI units. There are other unit systems used in electromagnetics that may assign different dimensions.

Description in Terms of Other Units and Constants

Planck-constant / elementary-charge2