Question

Explain conservation of charge giving two examples

Answer 1

$\text{Law of Conservation of Charge:}$

It states that the electric charge can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be transferred from one body to another. i.e. the total charge remains conserved in any process or reaction(Physical, Chemical or Nuclear).

$\text{Examples:}$

$1.$ When two bodies(initially neutral) are charged by rubbing, Charge is transferred from one body to another. But total charge on both bodies still remains zero.

$2.$ During radioactive decay, a proton(charge $+e$) decays into a positron(charge $+e$) and a neutron. In this case also, the total charge remains same