tesla

The SI unit of magnetic flux density, named after Nicola Tesla. 1T is equal to 1 weber per square meter in the mks (meter-kilogram-second) system . The average magnetic field strength of the earth is 0.00005 T or 0.5 G. A long straight wire carrying 100 A of current produces a magnetic field of 0.001 T (10 G) at a distance of 2 cm from the wire.. The CGS unit of magnetic flux density is the gauss, 1 tesla (T) = 10000 gauss (G).

See also: Gauss, Magnetic Flux Density.