Editing Statvolt (section)

{{Short description|A CGS-ESU and gaussian unit of voltage}}
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{{Infobox
 | above   = statvolt
 |  label2 = [[System of measurement|Unit system]]     | data2 = [[Centimetre–gram–second_system_of_units#Electrostatic_units_(ESU)|CGS-ESU]] and [[Gaussian units|CGS-Gaussian]]
 |  label3 = Unit of     | data3 = [[electric potential]], [[electric potential difference]] ([[voltage]]), and [[electromotive force]]
 |  label4 = Symbol      | data4 = statV
 |  label5 = Named after | data5 = [[Alessandro Volta]]
 |  label6 = In CGS base units      | data6 = g{{sup|1/2}}·cm{{sup|1/2}}/s&nbsp;{{refn|name="Gyllenbok 2018"|
    {{cite book
      |last1=Gyllenbok |first1=Jan
      |title=Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures: Volume 1
      |date=2018
      |publisher=Birkhäuser |isbn=978-3-319-57598-8 |language=en
    }}}}<sup>:[https://books.google.com/books?id=XnRVDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Encyclopaedia%20of%20Historical%20Metrology%2C%20Weights%2C%20and%20Measures%22%20vol%201&pg=PA26 26]</sup>
 | header7 =Conversions
 | data8 =  <tr class="nowrap"><td>{{val|1|u=statV}} ''in ...''</td><td>''... corresponds to ...''</td></tr>
 | label9 = [[SI]] | data9 = {{math|''c''}}{{sub|cgs}}&nbsp;{{val|e=-8|ul=volt}}{{br}}= {{val|299.792458|u=volt}}{{efn|name="cCGC"|The dimensionless constant {{math|''c''}}{{sub|cgs}} {{=}} {{val|2.99792458e10}} is numerically equal to the magnitude of the [[speed of light]] when the latter is expressed in {{val|u=cm/s}}.}}
 | label10 = [[Centimetre–gram–second_system_of_units#Electrostatic_units_(ESU)|CGS-EMU]] 
 | data10 = {{math|''c''}}{{sub|cgs}}&nbsp;[[abvolt]]
}}
The '''statvolt''' is a unit of [[voltage]] and [[electrical potential]] used in the [[Centimetre–gram–second_system_of_units#Electrostatic_units_(ESU)|CGS-ESU]] and [[Gaussian units|gaussian]] systems of units. In terms of its relation to the [[SI]] units, one statvolt corresponds to {{math|''c''}}{{sub|cgs}}&nbsp;{{val|e=-8|ul=volt}},{{efn|name="cCGC"}} i.e. to 299.792458&nbsp;[[volt]]s.{{refn|name="Purcell"|{{cite book|last=Purcell|first=Edward|title=Electricity and Magnetism|url=https://archive.org/details/electricitymagne00purc_621|url-access=limited|year=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=9781107013605|pages=[https://archive.org/details/electricitymagne00purc_621/page/n493 474]–475|edition=Second}}}}{{efn|As of the [[2019 revision of the SI]], this correspondence is not longer exact.}}

The statvolt is also defined in the [[CGS]] system as 1&nbsp;[[erg]] per [[statcoulomb]].{{refn|name="Purcell"}}
It is a useful unit for [[electromagnetism]] because, in vacuum, an [[electric field]] of one statvolt per centimetre has the same energy density as a [[magnetic field]] of one [[Gauss (unit)|gauss]].  Likewise, a plane wave propagating in 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.{{refn|name="Purcell"}}

In the CGS-EMU system, the unit of voltage is the [[abvolt]].