What is the unit of charge [ref: column about static electricity?]

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Cecil, in Can static electricity kill you? says

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but, if I remember my schooldays correctly, the unit of electrical charge is the Coulomb with Volts and Joules being the units for potential difference and energy respectively.

Which is it?

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(the energy in a) Static charge can be measured in millijoules (mJ).

one study found the resulting charge (potential) frequently exceeded 10,000 volts

i think it is language use to make it fit a newspaper column.

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Cecil considered the use of the word “charge” knowing it is normally measured by Coulombs. Editorial concerns made the wording as it is to be more graspable by the readers. Being a scientist I personally don’t favor the wording as it is, but that’s between Cecil and his editor.

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Moderator note: I’ve slightly amended the thread title. There are other threads on this column, but they’re focused on different aspects, so I’m leaving this separate.

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Fair enough. Make me a tiny bit sad though.

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I can’t help but think that’d be far worse.

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i can’t help but think that is the other column that is in current (ha i almost punned too) discussion.

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Good call, sorry…