Physics A-Level
Quantisation of charge and the elementary charge
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The elementary charge e = 1.60 × 10⁻¹⁹ C is the charge carried by an electron, used with the potential difference in W = QV to derive 1 eV = 1.60 × 10⁻¹⁹ J.
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