Faraday

**Semantic type:** Quantitative Concept

**Definition:** A constant used also as a unit of electric charge representing the electric charge carried by one mole (an Avogadro's number) of electrons or one equivalent of ions, and equal to the quantity of electricity that is capable of depositing or liberating one gram equivalent weight of a substance in electrolysis, approximately 9.6494E4 coulombs.

**Synonyms:** - Faraday's Constant - Fd