Orders of magnitude (charge)

This page is a progressive and labeled list of the SI charge orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.

List of orders of magnitude for electric charge

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
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)
103	kilo- (kC)	5×103 C	typical alkaline AA battery is about 5000 C ≈ 1.4 A⋅h
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