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abcoulomb

The unit of electric charge in the centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic system of units. Symbol, aC. One abcoulomb of charge passes a point in a circuit in one second when a 1-abampere current is flowing. One abcoulomb = 10 coulombs.

According to the current national standard in the United States¹, the abcoulomb is not to be used. The coulomb should be used instead.

1. IEEE/ASTM SI 10™-2002.
American National Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System.
New York: IEEE, 30 December 2002.

See Section 3.3.3.

sources

For an excellent history of the development of the electric and magnetic units up to 1913, see U. S. Bureau of Standards Circular 60.