The law of conservation of charge is that 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
Formula[edit | edit source]
The following information was extracted from Wikipedia:
Q(t2) = Q(t1) - Qin - Qout
- Q = quantity of charge
- t = time
Characteristics of Charges[edit | edit source]
- 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
