Characteristic

elementary-charge

Notes

Other Names

q, electron-charge, electronic-charge, atomic-unit-of-charge

Metric (SI) Equivalent

1.602176634×10-19 coulombs

This equivalent and the one below are exact.

Another Metric (SI) Equivalent with More Basic Units

1.602176634×10-19 second amperes

Metric (SI) Dimensions

time × electric-current

These are the dimensions of the "electric charge" quantity in SI units. There are other unit systems used in electromagnetics that may assign different dimensions.

Quantity

Electric Charge