Orders of magnitude (charge)

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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
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]

References

  1. 8th edition of the official brochure of the BIPM (SI units and prefixes).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chris Quigg (2006). "Particles and the Standard Model". in G. Fraser. 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". https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?e. 
  4. Finn, J. M. (2005). Classical mechanics. Jones and Bartlett. pp. 552. ISBN 9780763779603. https://books.google.com/books?id=hZWVEPgFM5kC. 
  5. Elert, Glenn. "Blackbody Radiation". https://physics.info/planck/#mechanics. 
  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. doi:10.1063/1.2397286. Bibcode2006JAP...100k3305A. 
  7. Martin Karl W. Pohl. "Physics: Principles with Applications". DESY. http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~pohlmadq/teach/112/ch16.pdf. 
  8. "CH85-2100-105 Datasheet". Motor Capacitors. https://www.capacitorindustries.com/wp-content/uploads/CH85-2100-105.pdf. 
  9. Purcell, Edward M.; David J. Morin (2013). Electricity and Magnetism (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 8. ISBN 9781107014022. https://books.google.com/books?id=A2rS5vlSFq0C&pg=PA364. 
  10. "Goldcap". Panasonic. http://industrial.panasonic.com/ww/products/capacitors/edlc. 
  11. Hasbrouck, Richard. Mitigating Lightning Hazards , 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. "2018 CODATA Value: Faraday constant". The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. NIST. 20 May 2019. http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?f. Retrieved 2019-05-20. 
  14. "MINI LECTURE ELECTROLYTIC CELLS". Department of Chemistry, University of Texas. 2013. p. 3. http://sparks.cm.utexas.edu/courses/pdf/Keys/18_CH302_U8D5_Activity_spr14_concentration%20of%20electrochemical%20cells_KEY.pdf. 
  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