Solved cryptogram
Electric charge comes in whole units. A single electron carries one indivisible portion.
Physics Facts, sourced to NIST.
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What it means
You cannot have half an electron's worth of charge on an object, in the way you can have half a gram of sand. Charge is quantized, and everything you can hold carries some whole multiple of the electron's charge. Quarks are the exception that proves the rule: they carry thirds, and they are never found alone. The elementary charge now has an exact defined value and is what the ampere is built on.
The claim comes from NIST.
- SourceNIST
- CollectionPhysics Facts
- Difficultyhard
- Length74 letters, 19 unique
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