Charge is quantized
===================

Electric charge is quantized, i.e. restricted to certain values.

**Notation:**

#. :math:`e` (:code:`e`) is :attr:`~symplyphysics.quantities.elementary_charge`.

**Links:**

#. `Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_charge>`__.

.. py:currentmodule:: symplyphysics.laws.electricity.charge_is_quantized

.. py:data:: charge

    Total :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.electrodynamics.charge` of the body.

Symbol:
    :code:`q`

Latex:
    :math:`q`

Dimension:
    :code:`charge`


.. py:data:: integer_factor

    :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.basic.whole_number`.

Symbol:
    :code:`N`

Latex:
    :math:`N`

Dimension:
    :code:`dimensionless`


.. py:data:: law

    :code:`q = N * e`


    Latex:
        .. math::
            q = N e