Physics
Get insights from 5.6k questions on Physics, answered by students, alumni, and experts. You may also ask and answer any question you like about Physics
Follow Ask QuestionQuestions
Discussions
Active Users
Followers
New answer posted
3 months agoContributor-Level 10
The quantisation of electric charge, q = ne, applies to electric charge only, even though charge cannot exist without mass.
New answer posted
3 months agoContributor-Level 10
One simple rule to think here is that electric charge is a scalar quantity with magnitude. It has positive and negative signs, depending on the direction it is forced to move in an electric field. Mass is always positive. So when you add mass, it never cancels out or becomes zero. Also do consider that a charge can never exist when there is no mass. In calculations, you must remember not to take in the mass but just the charge itself.
Taking an Exam? Selecting a College?
Get authentic answers from experts, students and alumni that you won't find anywhere else
Sign Up on ShikshaOn Shiksha, get access to
- 66k Colleges
- 1.2k Exams
- 681k Reviews
- 1800k Answers












