Electric Conductance Conversion
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What is a Electric Conductance Converter?
An electric conductance converter is a tool that converts between units of electrical conductance such as siemens, millisiemens, microsiemens, and mho. It is used in electrical engineering, circuit design, and water quality testing to measure how easily current flows through a material.
How to Convert Electric Conductance Units
Select the conductance unit you want to convert from and the target unit using the dropdown menus. Enter your value in the input field and the converter instantly shows the equivalent conductance. Useful for converting between siemens and mho or between SI prefixes.
Electric Conductance Conversion Formulas
History of Electric Conductance Measurement
The siemens is named after Ernst Werner von Siemens, the German inventor who founded the Siemens company. Before its adoption in 1971, the unit was called the mho (ohm spelled backwards), reflecting its inverse relationship to resistance. The abmho is a CGS electromagnetic unit equal to one gigasiemens.
About This Electric Conductance Converter
This electric conductance converter supports 12 units including siemens, megasiemens, kilosiemens, millisiemens, microsiemens, mho, megamho, kilomho, millimho, micromho, abmho, and statmho. It covers SI and CGS conductance units.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a siemens the same as a mho?
Yes, 1 siemens equals exactly 1 mho. The siemens replaced the mho as the official SI unit name in 1971, but they represent the same quantity of electrical conductance.
How do I convert siemens to millisiemens?
Multiply the siemens value by 1000 to get millisiemens. For example, 0.05 S × 1000 = 50 mS.
What is the relationship between conductance and resistance?
Conductance is the reciprocal of resistance. Conductance (in siemens) = 1 / Resistance (in ohms). A 100-ohm resistor has a conductance of 0.01 siemens.
What is microsiemens used for?
Microsiemens per centimeter (µS/cm) is commonly used to measure water conductivity. Pure water has about 0.055 µS/cm, while tap water ranges from 50-800 µS/cm.
What is an abmho?
An abmho is a CGS electromagnetic unit of conductance equal to 1 gigasiemens (10⁹ siemens). It is rarely used today but appears in older scientific literature.
Metric Conversion Factor Tables for Electric Conductance Converter
| Units to convert | Multiply By The Number | Convert as Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens (S) | 1 | Mho |
| Siemens (S) | 1000 | Millisiemens (mS) |
| Siemens (S) | 1000000 | Microsiemens (µS) |
| Kilosiemens (kS) | 1000 | Siemens (S) |
| Megasiemens (MS) | 1000000 | Siemens (S) |
| Siemens (S) | 1e-9 | Abmho |
| Abmho | 1000000000 | Siemens (S) |
Electric Conductanceconverters & it's abbreviations
| Unit | Abbreviation | Unit | Abbreviation | Unit | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| siemens | S | megasiemens | MS | kilosiemens | kS |
| millisiemens | mS | microsiemens | µS | mho | mho |
| megamho | Mmho | kilomho | kmho | millimho | mmho |
| micromho | µmho | abmho | abmho | statmho | statmho |
Complete list of Electric Conductance conversion units and its conversion.
- 1 siemens = 1 mho
siemens to mho → - 1 mho = 1 siemens
mho to siemens → - 1 siemens = 1000 millisiemens
siemens to millisiemens →
- 1 kilosiemens = 1000 siemens
kilosiemens to siemens → - 1 megasiemens = 1000000 siemens
megasiemens to siemens → - 1 abmho = 1000000000 siemens
abmho to siemens →
- 1 millisiemens = 0.001 siemens
millisiemens to siemens → - 1 siemens = 1000000 microsiemens
siemens to microsiemens → - 1 microsiemens = 0.000001 siemens
microsiemens to siemens →
- 1 siemens = 1.E-9 abmho
siemens to abmho →