μA\mu\text{A}

microampere

Electric currentexact by definition

The microampere is one millionth of an ampere. It is the scale of leakage currents, photodiode photocurrents, electrochemical sensor outputs and sleep-mode consumption in battery-powered electronics. The factor of 1e-6 is exact, being an SI prefix.

1 μA\mu\text{A} 0.000001 A\text{A}

One microampere in every electric current unit

1,000,000,000femtoampere (fA)
1,000,000picoampere (pA)
1,000nanoampere (nA)
1microampere (μA)this unit
0.001milliampere (mA)
0.000001ampere (A)
1.00000e-09kiloampere (kA)
1.00000e-12megaampere (MA)