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  • Inductance: Understanding Units and the Henry (H)
    The unit of measurement for inductance is the henry (H).

    Here's a bit more about it:

    * Named after: Joseph Henry, an American scientist who made important contributions to electromagnetism.

    * Definition: One henry is the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is changing at a rate of one ampere per second.

    * Relationship to other units: Inductance can also be expressed in smaller units like millihenries (mH), microhenries (µH), and nanohenries (nH).

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