Constants & Units · constant

Vacuum electric permittivity

ε₀ = 8.854 187 8188(14) × 10⁻¹² F m⁻¹

Unit
F m⁻¹
Value
8.854 187 8188(14) × 10⁻¹²
Exact
no
Note
How strongly the vacuum resists an electric field. Exact before 2019; now measured, via α.
Symbol
ε₀
Category
Electromagnetic
Numeric
8.8541878188e-12
Uncertainty
±1.6 × 10⁻¹⁰ relative

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