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What is the smallest amount of charge available in nature?

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The smallest unit charge on the electron or proton is `e`.
`|e| = 1.60219 xx 10^(-19)" C"`
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CENGAGE PHYSICS-STATIC ELECTRICITY-MANDATORY EXERCISE (Exercise Set I)
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  2. Name the kinds of charges present in nature.

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  3. What is the smallest amount of charge available in nature?

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  4. Name the constituents of an atom.

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  5. Why do we say that the charge acquired by a glass rod or an ebonite ro...

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  6. How do you use a pith ball electroscope to detect the presence of char...

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  7. Mention the different methods of charging a gold leaf electroscope.

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  8. What is the source of electricity and electrical phenomena?

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  9. What happens during charging by conduction?

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  10. If a glass rod rubbed with silk cloth is brought in contact with a neu...

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  11. How do charges behave in the presence of other charges?

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  12. What are the charges acquired by an ebonite rod and fur when they are ...

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  13. "Unchanged bodies contain no charged particles". Is the statement true...

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  14. Atom as a whole is electrically neutral. Why?

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  15. Can a body contain + 10.25 e charge on it?

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  16. What is conservation of charge?

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  17. What are conductors? Give examples.

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  18. What are insulators? Give examples.

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  19. Explain why conductors have large number of free electrons.

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  20. Salty water contains no free electrons but can conduct electricity. Ho...

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