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What year was the "coulomb" adopted as the international SI unit for electric charge?
1890
1881
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1948
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The coulomb, named after the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, was adopted as the International System of Units (SI) unit for electric charge in 1948. It represents the magnitude of electric charge carried by approximately 6.24 x 10^18 electrons, providing a standardized unit for measuring the fundamental property of electric charge in scientific and engineering applications.
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