Measurement unit: centihenry

Full name: centihenry

Plural form: centihenries

Symbol: cH

Alternate spelling: centihenrys

Category type: inductance

Scale factor: 0.01




SI unit: henry

The SI derived unit for inductance is the henry.
1 henry is equal to 100 centihenry.



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Definition: Centihenry

The SI prefix "centi" represents a factor of 10-2, or in exponential notation, 1E-2.

So 1 centihenry = 10-2 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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