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Orders of magnitude (charge) |
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This page is a progressive and labeled list of the SI charge orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.
| Factor | Multiple | Item |
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| 10-21 | 1 zC | -53.4 zC (-1/3 e) - charge of down, strange and bottom quarks 106.8 zC (2/3 e) - charge of up, charm and top quarks 160.2 zC - the elementary charge e, i.e. the negative charge on a single electron or the positive charge on a single proton |
| 10-18 | 1 aC | 14.73 aC (92 e) - positive charge on a uranium nucleus |
| 10-15 | 1 fC | Charge on a typical dust particle |
| 10-12 | 1 pC | Charge in typical microwave frequency capacitors |
| 10-9 | 1 nC | Charge in typical radio frequency capacitors |
| 10-6 | 1 µC | Charge in typical audio frequency capacitors |
| 10-3 | 1 mC | Charge in typical power supply capacitors |
| 100 | 1 C | 26 C - charge in a typical thundercloud |
| 103 | 1 kC | 96.4 kC - charge on one mole of electrons (1 Faraday) 216 kC - charge in a car battery |
| 106 | 1 MC | 10.7 MC - charge needed to produce 1 kg of aluminum from bauxite in an electrolytic cell |
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