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When was the unit "coulomb" officially named in honor of de Coulomb?

  • 1750

  • 1820

  • 1880

  • 1900

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The coulomb, named after the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, was officially adopted as the International System of Units (SI) unit of electric charge in 1881. It represents the amount of charge carried by approximately 6.24 x 10^18 electrons. The coulomb serves as a fundamental unit for measuring the quantity of electric charge in various electrical phenomena and calculations.
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