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Charge

One of the basic properties of the elementary particles of matter giving rise to all electric and magnetic forces and interactions

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Electrostatic charge

Electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body

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Electric Force Field

The region around a charged particle or object in which it exerts a force on other charged particles or objects

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The direction of the electric field (at a point)

The direction that a positive test charge would move if placed at that point

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Electrostatic Force

The force exerted by non-moving (static) charges on each other

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Basic Law of Electrical Charges

Like charges repel each other while unlike charges attract each other

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Law of Conservation of Charge

The net charge of an isolated system remains constant

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