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Is a current carrying conductor electrically charged?- Give reason.

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Every object we encounter has charges inside it but because number of negative and positive are equal there is no net charge.

It is the same for a conductor, although electrons flow through it, the number entering equal the number leaving. Thus, the net charge on a conductor is zero.


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