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What is the SI unit of electric field strength, in terms of force and charge?
AJoule per coulomb
BNewton per coulomb
CCoulomb per newton
DNewton metre per coulomb
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Newton per coulomb
Field is force per unit test charge, so its SI unit is newton per coulomb.
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