A coulomb is a unit of measure for energy. It is named after the French physicist, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb. Because you are dealing with such small amounts of energy for a single electron, microcoulombs are often used for the measurement. A coulomb is the amount of electricity transported in one second by one ampere of current or roughly 6.24 x10^18 electrons. A microcoulomb is one one millionth that size.
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Measure how many microcoulombs there are. This can be found by the number of amps and the amount of time the current is ran. For example, say you have a quick burst of electricity which produces 2,387,536 microcoulombs.
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Divide your number by 1 million. In the example, you have 2,387,536 divided by 1 million. You now have 2.387536 coulombs.
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Check your work. Multiply 2.387536 by 1 million to make sure you end up with 2,387,536.