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For questions about the science of measurement, such as how units are defined or how practical measurements are connected to those definitions.

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Why isn't the charge of an electron taken to be "$-1.6 \times 10^{-19}$ coulombs" [closed]

Even though we refer to electrons being negatively charged, why is it that we don't write the charge as "-1.6 × 10^-19 coulombs"?
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