Electric charge is a property of matter that causes it to experience a force in an electric field. It is measured in coulombs (C).

Units and Conversion

• Coulomb (C): The base unit of electric charge.
• MilliCoulomb (mC): 1 mC = 0.001 C
• MicroCoulomb (µC): 1 µC = 1 × 10^-6 C
• NanoCoulomb (nC): 1 nC = 1 × 10^-9 C
• Farad-Volt (F·V): 1 F·V = 1 C

Examples

Example 1: Convert 500 µC to C:

500 µC = 500 × 10^-6 C = 0.0005 C

Example 2: Convert 2 × 10^3 C to mC:

2 × 10^3 C = 2 × 10^6 mC = 2,000,000 mC