Charge is quantized¶

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

Notation:

\(e\) (e) is elementary_charge.

Links:

Wikipedia.

charge¶: Total charge of the body.

Symbol:: q
Latex:: \(q\)
Dimension:: charge

integer_factor¶: whole_number.

Symbol:: N
Latex:: \(N\)
Dimension:: dimensionless

law¶

q = N * e

Latex:: \[q = N e\]