| SI prefix
|
Factor (volt)
|
Value
|
Item
|
| Micro-
|
10−7
|
500 nV |
Change in nerve cell potential caused by opening a single acetylcholine receptor channel[1]
|
| 10−6
|
2 μV
|
Noise in an EEG taken at the scalp[2]
|
| Milli-
|
10−5
|
10–100 μV
|
Peak-to-peak amplitude of an average EEG taken at the scalp[2][3]
|
| 15 μV
|
Minimum terrestrial digital-TV RF antenna signal (−85 dBm over 75 Ω)[4][5]
|
| 56 μV
|
Minimum terrestrial analog-TV RF antenna signal (35 dB[μV])[6][7][8]
|
| 10−4
|
500–1000 μV
|
Miniature endplate potentials, spontaneous fluctuations in neuron potentials[1]
|
| 10−3
|
1–2 mV |
Potential created at ambient temperatures from K Type Thermocouple
|
| Centi-
|
10−2
|
~10–50 mV |
Ripple voltage in the output of a good DC power supply[9]
|
| 75 mV |
Nerve cell resting potential[10]
|
| Deci-
|
10−1
|
320 mV
|
Typical voltage reference level in consumer audio electronics (0.316 Vrms)[11]
|
| ~500 mV
|
Typical MOSFET threshold voltage for modern processes[12]
|
| ~700 mV
|
Forward voltage drop of normal silicon diodes[13]
|
| 800–1000 mV
|
Typical positive supply voltage of a low voltage CMOS digital integrated circuit[14]
|
| 900 mV
|
Lemon battery cell (made with copper and zinc electrodes)[15]
|
| N/A
|
100
|
0-3 V |
Magnitudes of standard reduction potentials in chemistry[16]
|
| 1.5 V |
Alkaline battery AAAA, AAA, AA, CorD battery[17]
|
| 3.3 V |
One of the most common low voltage CMOS digital circuit supply voltages.
|
| 5 V |
USB power, used for example to charge a cell phone or a digital camera.[18] Also one of the most common digital circuit supply voltages for both TTL and CMOS technologies.
|
| 6 V |
A common voltage for medium-size electric lanterns.[19] A voltage for older electric systems of automobiles.
|
| Deca-
|
101
|
12 V |
Typical car battery[20]
|
| Hecto-
|
102
|
100–240 V |
Domestic wall socket voltage[21]
|
| 600 V |
Electric eel sends this voltage in an average attack
|
| 630 V |
London Underground railway tracks
|
| Kilo-
|
103
|
2450 V |
Electric chair execution in Nebraska[22]
|
| 3–10 kV |
Electric fence[23]
|
| 3 kV
|
Voltage required to generate every 1mm of electric arc
|
| 3–35 kV |
Accelerating voltage for a typical television cathode ray tube[24]
|
| 4160-34,500 V
|
Typical voltages in North America for distribution of power from distribution substations to end users[25]
|
| 104
|
15 kV |
Train 15 kV AC railway electrification overhead lines, 16+2⁄3Hz |
| 25 kV |
European high-speed train overhead power lines[26]
|
| 33 kV |
Maximum voltage allowed in an electricity distribution grid after 1919 in the UK until 1926[27] (still used for heavy industry and factory overhead cable distribution systems)[28]
|
| 69–230 kV |
Range used in North American power high-voltage transmission substations[25]
|
| 105
|
345–800 kV |
Range used in EHV power transmission systems[29][30]
|
| 800 kV |
Lowest voltage used by ultra-high voltage (UHV) power transmission systems[31][30]
|
| Mega-
|
106
|
3 MV |
Used by the ultra-high voltage electron microscopeatOsaka University[32]
|
| 107
|
25.5 MV |
The largest man-made DC voltage – produced in a Van de Graaff generatoratOak Ridge National Laboratory[33]
|
| 108
|
100 MV |
The potential difference between the ends of a typical lightning bolt[34]
|
| Peta-
|
1015
|
7 PV |
Voltage around a particular energetic highly magnetized rotating neutron star[35]
|
| Ronna-
|
1027
|
1.04 RV |
Planck voltage
|
