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/volt
Definition name: volt
Unit name: volt
Latin symbol: V
Display symbol: V
Description: The volt is a derived SI unit for electric potential, voltage, and electromotive force equal to kg·m²·s⁻³·A⁻¹ in the 1960 SI base units.
"The volt is the electric potential difference that exists between two points of a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one ampere when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt." [9th CGPM meeting in 1946]
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"title": "volt",
"symbol": "V",
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"description": "The volt is a derived SI unit for electric potential, voltage, and electromotive force equal to kg\u00b7m\u00b2\u00b7s\u207b\u00b3\u00b7A\u207b\u00b9 in the 1960 SI base units.\n\n\"The volt is the electric potential difference that exists between two points of a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one ampere when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt.\" [9th CGPM meeting in 1946]",
"resources": [
{
"relation": "Definition at the 9th CGPM meeting (1948)",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/9-1948"
},
{
"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/Volt"
}
],
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{
"symbol": "kg",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/kilogram"
},
{
"symbol": "m",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/metre"
},
{
"symbol": "s",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/second"
},
{
"symbol": "A",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/ampere"
}
],
"base-units-expression": "A^-1*kg*m^2*s^-3"
},
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"symbol": "V"
},
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