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What do you mean by quantization of electric charge?


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Quantization of electric charge:

  1. According to charge quantization, any charged particle can have a charge equal to some integral number of e, i.e.,Q=ne, where n=1, 2, 3,….Here,e is the value of charge on the electron.
  2. As a result, a charge cannot have any arbitrary value but must be an integral multiple of the fundamental charge.
  3. We know that the charge is quantized because of this.

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