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Is electricity positively charged or negatively charged?

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Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. There are two types of electric charges; positive andnegative (commonly carried by protons and electrons respectively). Like charges repel and unlike attract.

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