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# Enum: ChargeUnit
_Units for charge quantity._
URI: [https://CCPBioSim.ac.uk/biosim-schema/ChargeUnit](https://CCPBioSim.ac.uk/biosim-schema/ChargeUnit)
## Permissible Values
| Value | Meaning | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| e | qudt:E | Electric charge carried by a single proton or by a single electron |
| C | qudt:C | The SI unit of electric charge |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://CCPBioSim.ac.uk/biosim-schema/
## LinkML Source
```yaml
name: ChargeUnit
description: Units for charge quantity.
from_schema: https://CCPBioSim.ac.uk/biosim-schema/
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
e:
text: e
description: Electric charge carried by a single proton or by a single electron.
meaning: qudt:E
unit:
ucum_code: e
has_quantity_kind: ElectricCharge
C:
text: C
description: The SI unit of electric charge. One coulomb is the amount of charge
accumulated in one second by a current of one ampere.
meaning: qudt:C
unit:
ucum_code: C
has_quantity_kind: ChargeNumber
```