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Objects can carry an electric-charge; and many particles such as electrons or protons also carry a single unit of electric-charge.
Things with electric-charge produce an electric-field, and, if moving, also create a magnetic-field. Compare this to something with an magnetic-charge.
The unit of electric-charge is 1.602 x 10^{-19} Coulomb, and is usually denoted with the letter "e"
See also: electro-magnetic-fields.
XINDEX: strong-force, semiconductor, proton, phonon, particle, neutron, magnetic-charge, hole, exciton, electron, carrier, atom, index-file.
XKEYWORD: electric-charge
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