What is the quantization of charge in Class 12 Physics Chapter 1 - Electric Charges and Fields?
What is the quantization of charge in Class 12 Physics Chapter 1 - Electric Charges and Fields?
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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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