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ELECTRIC CHARGES
-BY SAI KARTIK
VIII-B
WHAT IS ELECTRIC CHARGE?
ELECTRIC CHARGE IS THE PHYSICAL
PROPERTY OF MATTER THAT CAUSES IT TO
EXPERIENCE A FORCE WHEN PLACED IN
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD.
ELECTRIC CHARGES ARE OF TWO
TYPES:-
a. POSITIVE CHARGES
b. NEGATIVE CHARGES
THESE CHARGES WERE FOUND BY
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
COMPONANTS OF AN ATOM
IN AN ATOM, IT IS THAT THE POSITIVELY
CHARGED CHARGES ARE PROTONS,
AND NEGATIVELY CHARGED CHARGES
ARE ELECTRONS, AND  SUBATOMIC
PARTICLE FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS OF
EVERY ATOM WHICH IS ACTUALLY
NEUTRAL ARE NEUTRONS.
WORKING IN AN ATOM

IN THE CENTRE OF AN ATOM ARE PLACED

NEUTRONS AND PROTONS AND AROUND WHICH
ELECTRONS REVOLVE.
THE IS A NUCLEAR FORCE THAT HOLDS THE
PROTONS AND NEUTRONS WITHIN THE CENTRE
OF THE ATOM AND THE ELECTROSTATIC FORCE
HELPS IN THE HOLDING THE ELECTRONS IN
THE OUTER ORBIT.
LAWS OF AN ATOM

IN AN ATOM CONVENTIONALLY THE NUMBER OF

POSITIVE CHARGES AND NEGATIVE CHARGES ARE
EQUAL.
IF THE NUMBER OF NEGATIVE CHARGES ARE MORE,
THEN THE OBJECT IS NEGATIVELY CHARGED.
IF THE NUMBER OF NEGATIVE CHARGES ARE LESS,
THEN THE OBJECT IS POSITIVELY CHARGED.
HOW TO FIND WETHER AN OBJECT
IS POSITIVELY/NEGATIVELY
CHARGED?
1. IF AN OBJECT ATTRACTS BOTH POSITIVELY AND
NEGATIVELY CHARGED OBJECTS THEN IT IS
NEUTRAL.
2. IF IT ATTRACTS OBJECTS WHICH ARE
POSITIVELY CHARGED THEN IT IS NEGATIVELY
CHARGED.
3. IF IT ATTRACT OBJECTS WHICH ARE NEGATIVELY
CHARGED THEN IT IS POSITIVELY CHARGED.