Electrometer
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For the pseudoscientific equipment used in Scientology, see E-meter.
An electrometer is an electrical instrument for measuring electric charge or electrical potential difference.[1] There are many different types, ranging from historical handmade mechanical instruments to high-precision electronic devices. Modern electrometers based on vacuum tube or solid-state technology can be used to make voltage and charge measurements with very low leakage currents, down to 1 femtoampere. A simpler but related instrument, the electroscope, works on similar principles but only indicates the relative magnitudes of voltages or charges.
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