Townsend (unit)

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The townsend (symbol Td) is a physical unit of the reduced electric field (ratio E/N), where ${\displaystyle E}$ is electric field and ${\displaystyle N}$ is concentration of neutral particles.

It is named after John Sealy Townsend, who conducted early research into gas ionisation.