Orders of magnitude (charge)
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This page lists examples of electric charge in coulombs produced by various sources. Charge may be either positive or negative. Charges are grouped by orders of magnitude, and each section covers three orders of magnitude, or a factor of one thousand.
| Factor | Multiple | Item |
|---|---|---|
| 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 uC | 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 |
