Debye

As Debye [ dəbɛi̯ə ] ( unit symbol: D ) is called the electrostatic CGS unit of electrical dipole moment. The unit is based on the CGS units Franklin ( Fr) and centimeters (cm) and was named after the explorer of the Dipolerscheinungen Peter Debye.

The Debye unit is deprecated in nowadays usual SI is the unit for the electric dipole moment coulomb · meter ( Coulomb ). Since you occasionally gets when using the Coulombmeter to very small numerical values ​​, the Debye is often used in such cases further. However, it is in Germany no legal unit of measurement dar.

Conversion:

• CGS unit
• Electromagnetic unit