capacitor - Why do farads multiplied by ohms produce a result that has a unit of seconds?

Why is the time constant (RC) measured in seconds even though the units are farads x ohms?

This is to fulfill my own curiosity as I haven't had much luck at finding the answer. I would be most grateful if someone could give me a solid answer or send me in the right direction.

Answer

It's the way the units work out.

Broken down to its form in SI units, a volt is

$$\mathrm{V = \frac{kg \cdot m^2}{A \cdot s^3}}$$

where A is amperes. So, when you divide by current to get ohms, you see that

$$\Omega = \mathrm{\frac{kg \cdot m^2}{A^2\cdot s^3}}$$

A farad is:

$$\mathrm{F=\frac{s^4 \cdot A^2}{m^2 \cdot kg}}$$

So when you multiply Ohms by Farads, you're left with seconds:

$$\Omega \cdot \mathrm{F = \frac{kg \cdot m^2}{A^2\cdot s^3} \cdot \frac{s^4 \cdot A^2}{m^2 \cdot kg} = s}$$