Principle of Conservation of Charge

Conservation of charge

In all of the examples we've looked at in previous lessons, charge was not created or destroyed but it moved from one material to another.

Definition: Principle of conservation of charge

The principle of conservation of charge states that the net charge of an isolated system remains constant during any physical process, e.g. two charge objects making contacting and separating.

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Electric Charges and Fields

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