Question

Give three properties of electric charge.

Answer 1

$Basicpropertiesofelectriccharge:$

$Addivityofcharges$

Charges are additive in nature means they are like scalars and can be added directly. For an example, consider a system which consists of two charges namely $q_1$ and $q_2$. Now we wish to find the total charge of the system. The total charge of the system will be the algebraic sum of $q_1$ and $q_2$ i.e. $q_1+q_2$.

$ConservationofCharge$

The charge is a conserved quantity which means charge can neither be created nor be destroyed but can be transferred from one body to another by certain methods like conduction and induction.

$Quantizationofcharge$

Quantization of charge means that charge is a quantized quantity and is expressed as integral multiples of the basic unit of charge (e – charge on one electron). Suppose charge on a body is q, then it can be written as $q=ne$, where n is an integer like 1, 2, 3, -5 etc.