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How many electrons make up a charge of 3.5kC?

User Seton
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Well now, I don't know !
Let's figure it out.

The charge on one electron is 1.60 x 10⁻¹⁹ Coulomb .

To get 3,500 Coulombs of charge, you'd need to
go around and collect

(3,500) / (1.60 x 10⁻¹⁹) electrons.

That's 2.19 x 10²² of the little fellas.

That's a big number. But what's REALLY amazing is the
mass and weight of that many electrons:

Mass: 1.989 x 10⁻⁵ gram

Weight: about 0.0000007 ounce !

That's not one electron. That's the whole 2.19 x 10²² uvvum
that it takes to hold 3,500 Coulombs of charge.
User Zglin
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21.8452851 * 10^21 e. Which is 21.845.285.100.000.000.000.000 electrons. A lot.
User Lynden Shields
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