Units of permeability constant · BPhO 2009 #4

Physics · electromagnetism

Problem

Light is an electromagnetic wave and can travel through a vacuum. There is a constant that appears in formulae which involve magnetism and is denoted by the letter μ₀ "mu zero", whilst in electrostatic formulae another constant ε₀ "epsilon zero" will appear. The speed of light in a vacuum is given by c=1ε0μ0c = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\varepsilon_0 \mu_0}}. The units of ε₀ are N⁻¹ C² m⁻² The units of μ₀ are: A. kg⁻¹ m⁻¹ C² B. kg m C⁻² C. kg m s⁻⁴ C⁻² D. kg⁻¹ s⁻³ C⁻²

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