No, 1 ampere is not equal to 1 esu (electrostatic unit of charge). They are different units used to measure different physical quantities.
- Ampere (A) is a unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). It measures the flow of electric charge through a conductor over time. 1 ampere is defined as 1 coulomb of charge passing through a conductor in 1 second.
- esu (electrostatic unit of charge) is part of the CGS (centimeter-gram-second) system. It is used in electrostatics and represents the unit of electric charge in this system. The relationship between esu and coulombs is:
1 esu ≈ 3.33564 × 10⁻¹⁰ coulombs.
To relate the two, you'd need to know the specific context or conversion between the units used in the CGS and SI systems.