Impedance of Free Space - Relation To Other Constants

Relation To Other Constants

From the above definition, and the plane wave solution to Maxwell's equations,

where

the magnetic constant
the electric constant and
the speed of light in free space.

The reciprocal of is sometimes referred to as the admittance of free space, and represented by the symbol .

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