BRAINCAKESpecific Charge
The specific charge of a particle is its charge per unit mass.
The word specific usually means per unit mass (i.e. per kilogram).
The specific charge of an electron is the electron's charge (-1.6 × 0-19C) divided by its mass (9.11×10-31kg).
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