This page documents an OPTIMADE Unit Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/named/tesla
Definition name: tesla
Unit name: tesla
Latin symbol: T
Display symbol: T
Description: The tesla is a derived SI unit for magnetic flux density equal to kg·s⁻²·A⁻¹ in the 1960 SI base units.
The tesla was defined as 1 Wb/m in the introduction of the SI unit system at the 11th CGPM Meeting in 1960.
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"title": "tesla",
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"description": "The tesla is a derived SI unit for magnetic flux density equal to kg\u00b7s\u207b\u00b2\u00b7A\u207b\u00b9 in the 1960 SI base units.\n\nThe tesla was defined as 1 Wb/m in the introduction of the SI unit system at the 11th CGPM Meeting in 1960.",
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{
"relation": "Definition and establishment of the SI unit system at the 11th CGPM meeting (1960), resolution 12.",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/11-1960/resolution-12"
},
{
"relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
"resource-id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_(unit)"
}
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{
"symbol": "A",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/ampere"
},
{
"symbol": "kg",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/kilogram"
},
{
"symbol": "s",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/second"
}
],
"base-units-expression": "A^-1*kg*s^-2"
},
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"name": "si",
"year": 1960,
"category": "named",
"symbol": "T"
},
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