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
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