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What is electric field? what is it's component means does it have positive charge also along with negative charge ?

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Electric field is a region in space around a charged particle where other charge particles experience a force due to is presence. So, it is a medium of one charge's influence over others.

The electric field at any point is equal to the force experienced by a unit positive charge due to that charge. Thus, electric field is equal to electric force per unit charge. It is given as

E = F/q0


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