electric charge

Summary

electric charge ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,103 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• electric charge is a type of scalar quantity^[2].
• electric charge is a type of physical quantity^[3].
• electric charge is a type of additive quantity^[4].
• electric charge is a type of charge^[5].
• electric charge's Commons category is recorded as Electric charge^[6].
• electric charge's quantity symbol is recorded as q^[7].
• electric charge's quantity symbol is recorded as Q^[8].
• electric charge's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Electric charge^[9].
• electric charge's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-6:2008 Quantities and units—Part 6: Electromagnetism^[10].
• electric charge's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• electric charge's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-6:2022 Quantities and units — Part 6: Electromagnetism^[12].
• electric charge's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/charge^[13].
• electric charge's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2200^[14].
• electric charge's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[15].
• electric charge's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[16].
• electric charge's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as coulomb^[17].
• electric charge's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as ampere second^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include scalar quantity^[2], physical quantity^[3], additive quantity^[4], and charge^[5].

Why It Matters

electric charge ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,103 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]