microweber [µWb] Unit Converter
Definition of microweber [µWb] unit
The microweber (µWb) is a metric unit of magnetic flux equal to one-millionth of a weber: 1 µWb = 10⁻⁶ Wb. It represents the total magnetic field passing through a specified surface in the International System of Units (SI).
History of microweber [µWb] unit
The microweber derives from the weber, the SI unit of magnetic flux named after German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber. The weber emerged from twentieth-century efforts to organize electromagnetic units and was incorporated into the coherent SI framework adopted internationally in 1960. The prefix micro-, meaning one-millionth, was standardized as part of the SI prefix system, allowing small fluxes to be expressed conveniently. As magnetic recording, instrumentation, and electrical engineering developed, the microweber became a useful practical subdivision for specifying weak fluxes, sensor outputs, and calibration values.
Applications of microweber [µWb] unit
Today, microwebers are used when magnetic flux values are too small for convenient expression in webers. They appear in specifications for Hall-effect sensors, search coils, magnetic cores, transformers, and recording heads. Engineers also use them in laboratory measurements, fluxmeter readings, calibration certificates, and electromagnetic simulations, where precise small-signal magnetic quantities must be documented.
Complete list of microweber [µWb] unit conversion
- weber [Wb] = 1000000 microweber [µWb]
- milliweber [mWb] = 1000 microweber [µWb]
- volt second [V*s] = 1000000 microweber [µWb]
- unit pole = 0.12566370614359 microweber [µWb]
- megaline = 10000 microweber [µWb]
- kiloline = 10 microweber [µWb]
- line = 0.01 microweber [µWb]
- maxwell [Mx] = 0.01 microweber [µWb]
- tesla square meter [T*m^2] = 1000000 microweber [µWb]
- tesla square centimeter = 100 microweber [µWb]
- gauss square centimeter = 0.01 microweber [µWb]
- Magnetic flux quantum = 2.067833848E-9 microweber [µWb]
