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Why do the electrostatic field lines not form closed loop?

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The field lines starts (or diverges) from the positive charge and terminate (or converges) on negative charge. If the electric field lines form closed loop , these line must originate and terminate on the same charge which is not possible because electric field lines always moves from positive to negative.

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