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Use Coulomb’s law to derive the dimension for the permittivity of free space.
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Coulomb’s law is:
First, force has units of Newtons, the charges have units of Coulombs, and r, the distance, has units of meters, then, working only with the units we have:
N = (1/{e0})*C^2/m^2
then we have:
{e0} = C^2/(m^2*N)
And we know that N = kg*m/s^2
then the dimensions of e0 are:
{e0} = C^2*s^2/(m^3)
(current square per time square over cubed distance)
And knowing that a Faraday is:
F = C^2*S^2/m^2
The units of e0 are:
{e0} = F/m.