Electrical Quantities and Units

1.

CHAPTER 2 Electrical Quantities and Units
2-1 Charge
Charge: the electrical property
possessed by electrons and
protons.
The proton has a positive charge and the
electron a negative charge.

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2-2 Unit of Charge
The base unit of charge is the
coulomb.
A Coulomb of charge is the amount of
charge
possessed
by
6,250,000,000,000,000,000 electrons
(6.25×