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- PHY102 Physics II © Dr.Cem Özdoğan
- Many descriptions of electric charge use terms that might lead you to the conclusion that charge is a substance. Phrases like:
- “Charge on a sphere”
- “Charge transferred”
- “Charge carried on the electron”
- However, charge is a property of particles, one of many properties, such as mass.
- Mass is an intrinsic property as well as charge.