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From: sra@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Scott Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: tesla -- a gauss by any other name
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Date: Sun, 10-Mar-85 23:35:57 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 10 23:35:57 1985
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Summary: 

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>BY the way, there is a unit of measurment called the 'Tesla' but I forgot
>for the moment what it's for.  Anyone remember?
>


The tesla (T) is the unit of magnetic induction or magnetic flux density in
the SI system of measurement.  A charge of one coulomb moving at one meter
per second perpendicular to a magnetic field of strength 1 T will experience
a force of one newton.  The tesla is a very large unit; the largest man-made
magnets are on the order of 10 T.  The more common unit is the gauss;
1 T = 10**4 G.

				Scott Anderson
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