Understanding Coulombs: The Fundamental Unit of Electric Charge

Abscoulomb (or simply coulomb) is a unit of electric charge. It is defined as the amount of electric charge that flows through a conductor in one second, when the potential difference across the conductor is one volt.

In other words, if you have a conductor with a resistance of one ohm and a potential difference of one volt across it, then the current flowing through the conductor is one ampere. This means that the charge flowing through the conductor in one second is one coulomb.

The coulomb is named after the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, who first measured the amount of electric charge that flows through a conductor in one second. It is a fundamental unit of electric charge and is used to describe the amount of electricity used in various applications, such as electrical power generation and distribution.