What is Electrical Charge?

 

There are two types of electrical charge

• Positive charge
• Negative charge
• The charge carried by proton is positive charge whereas the charge carried by the electron is negative charge. 
• The magnitude of electrical charge on proton and electron is same. 
• The body gets negative charge if it gains charge whereas the body gets positive charge if it loses electron. 
• The opposite charge repel each other whereas the similar charge attract each other. The SI unit of charge is coulomb. 
• An electron has negative charge of magnitude 1.6 × 10 ^{– 19} C whereas the proton has positive charge of 1.6 × 10 ^{– 19} C.  
• When a glass rod rubbed with cotton cloth, the charge acquired by glass is positive charge.

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