Lesson 1 - Electric Charge
Lesson 1 - Electric Charge
ELECTRIC
CHARGE
Bon Mark M. Gerarcas, LPT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to
• Describe electric charge
• Describe using a diagram charging by rubbing
and charging by induction
• Explain the role of electron transfer in
electrostatic charging by rubbing.
• Describe experiments to show electrostatic
charging by induction
STATIC ELECTRICITY
Occurs when an object
obtains a net amount of
positive and negative
electric charges.
ELECTRIC CHARGE
• Property of matter involved in
electromagnetic interaction
ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE
• force generated or influenced
by each charged objects
Charge is Quantized
This means that electric charge
comes in discrete amounts, and
there is a smallest possible amount
of charge that an object can have.
The magnitude of the
charge is independent
of the type
This means that whether a charge is
positive or negative, the fundamental unit
of charge has the same magnitude, which is
the elementary charge e.
STRUCTURE OF MATTER
• Atom: electron, proton, neutron
• protons, neutrons; quarks
IONIZATION • gaining or losing of electrons
KINDS OF CHARGES
The two types of electric charge were
referred to as positive and negative
by the American statesman,
philosopher, and scientist Benjamin
Franklin (1706-1790)
LAW OF ELECTRIC CHARGES
“Like charges repel, opposite charges
attract”
CONSERVATION OF
ELECTRIC CHARGE
“The algebraic sum of all
electric charges in any closed
system is constant.”