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 [Coulomb] |
SI prefix | Value | Item |
---|---|---|---|
10−21 | zepto- (zC) | ||
10−20 | −5.34×10−20 C | (−1/3 e)—charge of down, strange and bottom quarks | |
10−19 | 1.068×10−19 C | (2/3 e)—charge of up, charm and top quarks | |
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 | ||
10−18 | atto- (aC) | 1.9×10−18 C | planck charge |
10−17 | 1.473×10−17 C | (92 e) - positive charge on a uranium nucleus | |
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[1] | ||
10−3 | milli- (mC) | 1×10−3 C | Charge in typical power supply capacitors |
100 | C | 1×100 C | two negative point charges of +1 C, placed one meter apart, would experience a repulsive force of 9×109 N |
101 | deca- (daC) | 2.6×101 C | Charge in a typical thundercloud (15 - 350 C)[2] |
103 | kilo- (kC) | 5×103 C | typical alkaline AA battery is about 5000 C ≈ 1.4 A⋅h[3] |
104 | 9.64×104 C | charge on one mole of electrons (Faraday constant) | |
105 | 2.16×105 C | car battery charge | |
106 | mega- (MC) | ||
107 | 1.07×107 C | charge needed to produce 1 kg of aluminium from bauxite in an electrolytic cell | |
108 | 5.9×108 C | charge in world's largest battery bank (36 MWh), assuming 220VAC output[4] |
References
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- ↑ Hasbrouck, Richard. Mitigating Lightning Hazards, 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."
- ↑ 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