Measurement unit: attohenry

Full name: attohenry

Plural form: attohenries

Symbol: aH

Alternate spelling: attohenrys

Category type: inductance

Scale factor: 1.0E-18




SI unit: henry

The SI derived unit for inductance is the henry.
1 henry is equal to 1.0E+18 attohenry.



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Definition: Attohenry

The SI prefix "atto" represents a factor of 10-18, or in exponential notation, 1E-18.

So 1 attohenry = 10-18 henries.

The definition of a henry is as follows:

The henry (symbol: H) is the SI unit of inductance. It is named after Joseph Henry (1797-1878), the American scientist who discovered electromagnetic induction independently of and at about the same time as Michael Faraday (1791-1867) in England.


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