Conservation Of Charge Flashcards
What is the principle of conservation of charge?
The net charge of an isolated system remains constant during any physical process.
What will happen if an excess of charge is placed on an insulator?
It will stay where where it is and there will be a concentration of charge in that area of the object.
What will happen if an excess of charge is placed on a conductor?
The like charges will repel each other and spread out over the outside surface of the object.
What happens when two conductors touch each other?
Total charge on them is shared between the two.
What happens if the conductors are identical?
They will be left with half of the total net charge.
Arrangement of charge on spherical object?
Spread uniformly
What does the electrostatic force determine?
The arrangement of charge on the surface of conductors. This is possible because charges can move inside conductive material.
Arrangement of charge for objects with irregular shapes?
The concentration of charge near the point of the object intensifies.
All other charges in the universe consist of an ______ multiple of this charge. This is known as charge _______.
Quantization
What is the formula for quantisation of charge?
Q=n x e
