Definition:Impedance of Free Space/Dimension
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Definition
The impedance of free space has the dimension $\mathsf {M L^2 T^{-3} I^{-2} }$.
This arises from its definition as:
- electric field strength per unit magnetic field strength:
- $\dfrac {\mathsf {M L T^{-3} I^{-1} } } {\mathsf {I L^{-1} } }$
- vacuum permeability multiplied by the speed of light:
- $\mathsf {M L T^{-2} I^{-2} } \times \mathsf {L T^{-1} }$
- the square root of the quotient of the vacuum permeability by the vacuum permittivity:
- $\sqrt {\dfrac {\mathsf {M L T^{-2} I^{-2} } } {\mathsf {M^{-1} L^{-3} T^4 I^2} } } = \sqrt {\mathsf {M^2 L^4 T^{-6} I^{-4} } }$