Talk:Statcoulomb

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One Statcoulomb is NOT equal to 0.1/c (c expressed in cgs units). Try this: use the 0.1/c factor to convert the elementary charge from Coulomb to Statcoulomb. You will be off by a factor of 1/100. The appropriate correction factor is 10/c. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.13.69.16 (talk) 16:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I have changed this:

"Note that in order for the Coulomb's law formula to work using the electrostatic cgs system, the dimension of electrical charge must be [mass]^1/2 [length]^3/2 [time]^-2."

to this:

"Note that in order for the Coulomb's law formula to work using the electrostatic cgs system, the dimension of electrical charge must be [mass]^1/2 [length]^3/2 [time]^-1."

That is, I'm replacing a 1/(t^2) with just a 1/t because I think person who wrote the original version missed a square root when doing the algebra.