Orders of magnitude (charge)

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	(${\displaystyle e/{\sqrt {\alpha }}}$, ${\displaystyle \alpha }$ being the fine-structure constant)—Planck charge[4][5]
10−17		1.473×10−17 C	(92 e) – Charge on a uranium nucleus (= 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]