Abvolt Unit | All you need to know

An abvolt (abV) is a unit of electrical voltage from the CGS electromagnetic system of units. One abvolt equals 10^-8 volts (one hundred-millionth of a volt) in SI units. The abvolt developed as part of the CGS system used primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The unit appears occasionally in historical scientific literature and specialized physics texts, but modern practice has almost entirely replaced CGS units with SI units. Abvolts are rarely encountered in contemporary applications, though some legacy scientific documents and older physics references may use the notation.