Elementary charge the difference between the particle "electron" and the unit of charge "electron" was still blurred. Later, the name "electron" was assigned to the particle and the unit of charge "e" lost its name. However, the unit of energy electronvolt reminds us that the elementary charge was once called "electron". The maximum capacity of each pixel in a charge-coupled device image sensor, known as the "well depth", is typically given in units of electrons, commonly around 10 per pixel. In high-energy physics (HEP) Lorentz–Heaviside units are used, and the charge unit is a dependent one, formula_1, so that = 0.30282212088 .
Alpha particle less likely to be referred to as "alpha particles". The best-known source of alpha particles is alpha decay of heavier (> 106 u atomic weight) atoms. When an atom emits an alpha particle in alpha decay, the atom's mass number decreases by four due to the loss of the four nucleons in the alpha particle. The atomic number of the atom goes down by exactly two, as a result of the loss of two protons – the atom becomes a new element. Examples of this sort of nuclear transmutation are when uranium becomes thorium, or radium becomes radon gas, due