This article is a progressive and labeled list of the SI 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 |
| 10−12 | pico- (pC) | 1×10−12 C | Charge in typical microwave frequency capacitors |
| 10−9 | nano- (nC) | 1×10−9 C | Charge in typical radio frequency capacitors |
| 10−6 | micro- (μC) | 1×10−6 C | Charge in typical audio frequency capacitors |
| ~ 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 |
| 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] |
References
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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.
"The NIST Reference on Constants, Units and Uncertainty". Retrieved 31 March 2018.
Finn, J. M. (2005). Classical mechanics. Jones and Bartlett. p. 552. ISBN 9780763779603.
Planck Units
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.
Martin Karl W. Pohl. "Physics: Principles with Applications" (PDF). DESY. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
"CH85-2100-105 Datasheet" (PDF). Motor Capacitors. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Purcell, Edward M.; David J. Morin (2013). Electricity and Magnetism (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781107014022.
"Goldcap". Panasonic.
Hasbrouck, Richard. Mitigating Lightning Hazards Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, Science & Technology Review May 1996. Retrieved on 2009-04-26.
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."
"2018 CODATA Value: Faraday constant". The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. NIST. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
LaBrake; Vanden Bout (2013). "MINI LECTURE ELECTROLYTIC CELLS" (PDF). Department of Chemistry, University of Texas. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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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