Orders of magnitude (charge)

Comparison of a wide range of electric charges

This article is a progressive and labeled list of the SI electric charge orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.

List of orders of magnitude for electric charge Factor
[Coulomb] | SI prefix[1] | Value | Item

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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]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## References

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1. ^ 8th edition of the official brochure of the BIPM (SI units and prefixes).
2. ^ a b Chris Quigg (2006). "Particles and the Standard Model". In G. Fraser (ed.). The New Physics for the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 91\. ISBN 0-521-81600-9.
3. ^ "The NIST Reference on Constants, Units and Uncertainty". Retrieved 31 March 2018.
4. ^ Finn, J. M. (2005). Classical mechanics. Jones and Bartlett. p. 552\. ISBN 9780763779603.
5. ^ Elert, Glenn. "Blackbody Radiation". The Physics Hypertextbook. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
6. ^ Ashbourn, J. M. A. (2006). "Determination of dust particle charge using the deflection method in a plasma". Journal of Applied Physics. 100 (11): 113305–2\. Bibcode:2006JAP...100k3305A. doi:10.1063/1.2397286.
7. ^ Martin Karl W. Pohl. "Physics: Principles with Applications" (PDF). DESY. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
8. ^ "CH85-2100-105 Datasheet" (PDF). Motor Capacitors. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
9. ^ Purcell, Edward M.; David J. Morin (2013). Electricity and Magnetism (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 8\. ISBN 9781107014022.
10. ^ "Goldcap". Panasonic.
11. ^ Hasbrouck, Richard. Mitigating Lightning Hazards Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, Science & Technology Review May 1996. Retrieved on 2009-04-26.
12. ^ How to do everything with digital photography – David Huss, p. 23, at Google Books, "The capacity range of an AA battery is typically from 1100–2200 mAh."
13. ^ "2022 CODATA Value: Faraday constant". The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. NIST. May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
14. ^ LaBrake; Vanden Bout (2013). "MINI LECTURE ELECTROLYTIC CELLS" (PDF). Department of Chemistry, University of Texas. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
15. ^ http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-01/china-builds-worlds-largest-battery-36-megawatt-hour-behemoth \- China Builds the World's Largest Battery – 01.04.2012

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* Illuminance
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* Back-of-the-envelope calculation
* Fermi problem
* Powers of 10 and decades
* 10th
* 100th
* 1000000th
* Metric (SI) prefix
* Macroscopic scale
* Microscopic scale

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* Cosmic View (1957 book)
* To the Moon and Beyond (1964 film)
* Cosmic Zoom (1968 film)
* Powers of Ten (1968 and 1977 films)
* Cosmic Voyage (1996 documentary)
* The Scale of the Universe (2010)
* Cosmic Eye (2012)

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