List of orders of magnitude for charge
| 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 µC |
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 |