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Law of conservation of charge
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[edit] Definition
Law of conservation of Charge - The net electrical charge of an isolated or overall system does not change.
- Charge is conserved
- Overall charge remains unchanged
- Charge may be created or destroyed
- Must have positive/negative pairs
[edit] Formula
The following information was extracted from Wikipedia
Q(t2) = Q(t1) - Qin - Qout
- Q = quantity of charge
- t = time
[edit] Characteristics of Charges
- May have: positive ( + ) or negative charge ( - )
- Proton - ( + ) positive charge
- Electron - ( - ) negative charge
- Like repels like ( + , + ) or ( - , - )
- Opposite charges attract ( + , - )
- Charge can be transferred from one object to another
