Coulombs (Charge)

Definition

A coulomb is the standard unit for electrical charge and represents approximately 6.242 x 10^18 elementary charges (like electrons or protons).

Related terms

Elementary Charge: This is the smallest unit of electric charge that any particle can have, like how each person in our analogy is the smallest part of the crowd.

Electron:

An electron carries a negative elementary charge. It's like one person in our stadium who supports the opposing team.

Proton:

A proton carries a positive elementary charge. It's like one supporter for your home team in the stadium.