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Electric Charges and Fields

Punjab Board · Class 12 · Physics

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1. Electric Charge – Nature and Basic Properties

  • Electric charge is a fundamental property of matter. There are exactly two types: positive charge and negative charge.
  • Like charges repel each other; unlike charges attract each other. This is confirmed by simple experiments with glass and plastic rods.
  • The SI unit of charge is coulomb (C). It is a derived unit: 1 C = 1 A·s.
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2. Three Fundamental Properties of Electric Charge

  • QUANTISATION: Electric charge always comes in integer multiples of the basic unit e = 1.6 × 10⁻¹⁹ C. You cannot have half an electron's charge.
  • ADDITIVITY: The total charge of a system is simply the algebraic sum of all individual charges. Charges add like real numbers (with proper signs).
  • CONSERVATION: The total charge of an isolated system always remains constant. Charge can be transferred but neither created nor destroyed.
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3. Coulomb's Law

  • Coulomb's Law gives the force between two stationary point charges in vacuum.
  • The force is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
  • The force acts along the line joining the two charges.
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4. Superposition Principle and Forces Between Multiple Charges

  • The principle of superposition states that the force on a charge due to multiple other charges is the vector sum of all individual forces, calculated one pair at a time.
  • The presence of other charges does NOT affect the force between any given pair of charges.
  • There are no additional three-body or four-body interaction forces — only pairwise interactions.

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Electric charge is a fundamental propertyElectric charge is quantizedThe total electric charge inConductors (metalsThe electrostatic force between two point

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