What is a coulomb

Question

If we can’t measure singular electrons then how can we measure these

In: Physics

Answer 1

It’s a unit of charge. We can measure coulombs easier than the charge of an individual electron because a coulomb is a much larger unit. Like, your bathroom scale can measure something that weighs in the tens of kilograms, but it isn’t sensitive enough to measure the mass of a speck of dust that weighs one microgram.