statcoulombcentimeters

Statcoulomb-centimeters (statC·cm) is a unit of electric dipole moment in the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) system of units. It is defined as the product of one statcoulomb of electric charge and one centimeter of distance. The statcoulomb is a CGS unit of electric charge, equal to approximately 3.33564 x 10^-10 coulombs in the International System of Units (SI).

The electric dipole moment is a measure of the separation of positive and negative electrical charges within a system, which creates a net electrical field. It is a vector quantity, with both magnitude and direction. The magnitude of the dipole moment is given by the product of the charge and the distance between the charges.

Statcoulomb-centimeters are used in various fields, including physics, chemistry, and materials science, to describe the dipole moments of molecules, atoms, and other systems. For example, the dipole moment of a water molecule is approximately 1.85 statC·cm.

In the SI system, the unit of electric dipole moment is the coulomb-meter (C·m). To convert between statC·cm and C·m, one can use the conversion factor of 3.33564 x 10^-30.