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Elementary charge

The elementary charge (symbol e) is the electric charge carried by a single proton, or equivalently, the negative of the electric charge carried by a single electron.

This is a fundamental physical constant and the unit of electric charge in the system of atomic units.

It has a value of 1.602 176 462(63) × 10^-19 C

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