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Invalidated site: University of Pittsburgh - PhilSci-Archive - Is an electron a charge cloud? A reexamination of Schr?odinger?s charge density hypothesis (PDF). Oct 05, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Pittsburgh - PhilSci-Archive - Is an electron a charge cloud? A reexamination of Schr?odinger?s charge density hypothesis (PDF). Mar 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Open Oregon Educational Resources - General Physics Remote Lab Manual - Measurement of the Electron Charge to Mass Ratio. Nov 27, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Measuring the Electron�s Charge and the Fine-Structure Constant by Counting Electrons on a Capacitor. Jul 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The Elementary Charge for the Definition and Realization of the Ampere. Dec 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - What is Electric Charge? Jun 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Electric Charge. Apr 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - What is the Electron Charge and How Does It Work. Feb 27, 2023
Article revised and updated. Dec 12, 2019
Add new Web site: Boston University - Physics - Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law. Mar 26, 2018
Value of electron charge updated from "1.6021765 × 10^−19 coulomb, or 4.80321 × 10^−10 electrostatic unit" to "1.602176565 × 10^−19 coulomb, or 4.80320451 × 10^−10 electrostatic unit." Sep 07, 2011
Changed values of electron charge from 1.6021892 x 10^-19 to 1.6021765 x 10^-19 coulomb and 4.80325 x 10^-10 to 4.80321 x 10^-10 esu. Aug 11, 2010
Article revised and updated. Jul 20, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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