Charge is the fundamental property of matter that exhibits electrostatic attraction or repulsion in the presence of other matter with charge. Electric charge is a characteristic property of … See more

The SI unit of quantity of electric charge is the coulomb (symbol: C). The coulomb is defined as the quantity of charge that passes through the cross section of an See more

From ancient times, people were familiar with four types of phenomena that today would all be explained using the concept of electric charge: (a) lightning, (b) the torpedo fish (or electric ray), (c) St Elmo's Fire, and (d) that amber rubbed with fur would attract small, … See more

Static electricity refers to the electric charge of an object and the related electrostatic discharge when two objects are brought … See more

Electric current is the flow of electric charge through an object. The most common charge carriers are the positively charged proton and the negatively charged electron. … See more

Aside from the properties described in articles about electromagnetism, charge is a relativistic invariant. This means that any particle that has … See more

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