Electric Charges and Fields
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
The quantization of charge can be denoted as e = 1.6 * 10? ¹? C. It means that the object's charge is an integral multiple of the elementary charge. Mathematically, it can be represented as q = ±ne, where n is an integer. The charge exists in discrete packets or quanta and is not continuous. For example, a body cannot have a charge of 2.5e but a charge of 3e or -2e. Millikan first observed this quantization of charge in his oil drop experiment. Quantization is consistent with the matter's atomic structure and is a fundamental property of electric charge.
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Conductors refer to materials that throughout their structure, allow the free movement of electric charges normally electrons. It happens because of the free electrons present in their outer shells. The examples of conductors include silver, aluminum and copper. On the other hand, there is no free flow of electric charges in the insulators because the electrons are tightly bound to atoms. Examples of the insulators are wood, rubber, and plastic. In electric circuits, the conductors are used as the wiring for the efficient transmission of electricity, and the insulators are used to provide safety by preventing the unwanted flow of curre
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