Statvolt
The
statvolt is the unit of
voltage and
electrical potential used in the
cgs system of units. The conversion is
- 1 statvolt = 299.792458 volts.
It is a useful unit for
electromagnetism because one statvolt per centimeter is equal in magnitude to one
gauss. Thus, for example, an
electric field of one statvolt/cm has the same energy density as a
magnetic field of one gauss. Likewise, light propagating in a vacuum has perpendicular electric and magnetic fields such that for every gauss of magnetic field intensity there is one statvolt/cm of electric field intensity.