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elementary electric charge ( e )

  • Name: elementary electric charge
  • Symbol: e
  • Value: 1.602176634×10−19
  • Dimension: C

The elementary charge, usually denoted by e or sometimes qe, is the electric charge carried by a single proton or, equivalently, the magnitude of the negative electric charge carried by a single electron, which has charge −1 e.