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Electrical Charge

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Meaning

Charge is a property of matter that can cause an Electrostatic Force between two objects.

About Charge

There are two types of charge; Positive and Negative.
Like charges repel each other and opposite charges attract each other.
Charges create an Electrostatic Field which affects other charged objects.

To see the Electrostatic Fields created by a charge click on the picture below to play a PHET simulation.

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PhetCharges.png