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Is electric charge a property of just electricity or is charge a property of all atoms?
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The only short answer I can think of for this question is "no".
Electric charge is a property of certain fundamental particles. We don't know why they have the specific charges they do, they just do. When you lump them together into an atom ... or anything else ... whether that "lump" ends up with an overall charge or not depends on whether the charges on the fundamental particles within it cancel out or not. For neutrons they do; for protons they don't.
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Is elctric charge a property of just electricity or is charge property of all atoms?
Electric charge is a property of some subatomic particles. Atoms can be neutral (zero electric charge), or they can have a charge. If they have a charge, they are called ions.
Is an electric charge a property of just electricity or is charge a property of all atoms?
Atoms contain both positive (protons) and negative (electrons) electric charges. But in the vast majority of atoms these positive and negative electric charges balance, canceling and resulting in zero total electric charge. When electrons detach from atoms we generate electricity. Where there are fewer electrons there is a positive charge. Where there are more electrons there is a negative charge. When two places have different charges we get an electric voltage. When electrons flow from a negatively charged place to a positively charged place we get an electric current.
Is a electric charge a property of just electricity or is charge a property of all atoms?
The only short answer I can think of for this question is "no".Electric charge is a property of certain fundamental particles. We don't know why they have the specific charges they do, they just do. When you lump them together into an atom ... or anything else ... whether that "lump" ends up with an overall charge or not depends on whether the charges on the fundamental particles within it cancel out or not. For neutrons they do; for protons they don't.
Is electric charge a property of just electricity or is charge a property if all atoms?
The only short answer I can think of for this question is "no".Electric charge is a property of certain fundamental particles. We don't know why they have the specific charges they do, they just do. When you lump them together into an atom ... or anything else ... whether that "lump" ends up with an overall charge or not depends on whether the charges on the fundamental particles within it cancel out or not. For neutrons they do; for protons they don't.
Are atoms the carry an electric charge?
Atoms have NO electric charge, only ions have (+ or -)
What is the movement of electricity?
The movement of electric charge is known as an electric current, the intensity of which is usually measured in amperes
What are electric charge?
the static electric charges refer to the charges which are at rest, in other words stationary positions.
What force is related to or caused by electric charges that do not move?
An electrostatic charge, that is one not caused by a flow of current
Which particles in atoms have a electric charge?
electrons
Was math used to make electricity possible?
No, math was not used to make electricity possible. Math can, however, be used to describe the various characteristics of electricity. Electricity has been around since the beginning of time. Electric charge is the surplus or deficit of electrons on atoms. Electric current is the transfer of electric charge between atoms, either directly because they are in contact with each other, or across a medium or space, induced by an electric potential, which is a difference in charge. Math, on the other hand, while being around for several thousand years, post dates electricity by a long, long time. Based on estimates of the age of the universe, that time would be in excess of 15 billion years.
What are atoms with a positive electric charge called?
Cations.
What particles in atoms have a negative electric charge?
Electrons.
