This article is a progressive and labeled list of the SI electric charge orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.
Factor [Coulomb] |
SI prefix[1] | Value | Item |
---|---|---|---|
10−21 | zepto- (zC) | ||
10−20 | −5.34×10−20 C | (−1/3 e) – Charge of down, strange and bottom quarks[2] | |
10−19 | 1.068×10−19 C | (2/3 e)—Charge of up, charm and top quarks[2] | |
1.602×10−19 C | The elementary charge e, i.e. the negative charge on a single electron or the positive charge on a single proton[3] | ||
10−18 | atto- (aC) | ~1.8755×10−18 C | Planck charge[4][5] |
10−17 | 1.473×10−17 C | (92 e) – Positive charge on a uranium nucleus (derived: 92 x 1.602×10−19 C) | |
10−16 | 1.344×10−16 C | Charge on a dust particle in a plasma[6] | |
10−15 | femto- (fC) | 1×10−15 C | Charge on a typical dust particle[citation needed] |
10−12 | pico- (pC) | 1×10−12 C | Charge in typical microwave frequency capacitors[citation needed] |
10−9 | nano- (nC) | 1×10−9 C | Charge in typical radio frequency capacitors[citation needed] |
10−6 | micro- (μC) | 1×10−6 C | Charge in typical audio frequency capacitors[citation needed] |
~ 1×10−6 C | Static electricity from rubbing materials together[7] | ||
10−3 | milli- (mC) | 1×10−3 C | Charge in typical power supply capacitors[citation needed] |
2.1×10−3 C | Charge in CH85-2100-105 high voltage capacitor for microwaves[8] | ||
100 | C | 1×100 C | Two like charges, each of 1 C, placed one meter apart, would experience a repulsive force of approximately 9×109 N[9] |
3.16×100 C | Supercapacitor for real-time clock (RTC) [10] (1F x 3.6V) | ||
101 | deca- (daC) | 2.6×101 C | Charge in a typical thundercloud (15–350 C)[11] |
103 | kilo- (kC) | 5×103 C | Typical alkaline AA battery is about 5000 C ≈ 1.4 A⋅h[12] |
104 | ~9.65×104 C | Charge on one mole of electrons (Faraday constant)[13] | |
105 | 1.8×105 C | Automotive battery charge. 50Ah = 1.8×105 C | |
106 | mega- (MC) | 10.72×106 C | Charge needed to produce 1 kg of aluminium from bauxite in an electrolytic cell[14] |
107 | |||
108 | 5.9×108 C | Charge in world's largest battery bank (36 MWh), assuming 220 VAC output[15] |
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders of magnitude (charge).
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