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Electric Charge

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  • Key Points: Electric Charge
CISCE: Class 10, 12

Key Points: Concept of Charge

  • Thales (≈2500 years ago) observed that amber rubbed with wool attracts light objects like paper and straw.
  • William Gilbert (1600) showed that many materials, such as glass, ebonite, and sulphur, also show this effect.
  • This attractive property is produced by rubbing (friction); a material showing it is said to be electrified, and the process is called frictional electricity.
  • An electrified material possesses electric charge and is therefore called a charged body.
  • Electric charge is quantised (q = ±ne,  e = 1.6 × 10−19 C); there are two types of charges (positive and negative), as charges repel, unlike charges attract, and the SI unit of charge is coulomb (C).
CBSE: Class 12

Definition: Electric Charge

The basic property of matter due to which it experiences electric force and shows attraction or repulsion, is called electric charge.

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