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Could some particles have tiny electric charges?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Can Particles Have Tiny Electric Charges?

Every particle we've ever seen either has zero charge or some multiple of one third of the electrons charge. We're asking if you can go smaller than that. Could there be particles with less than a third of the electron charge? Are there limits? Is there a rule that prevents a particle from having some super tiny electric charge, but not zero?

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