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Grade 12Electrostatics

QUANTISATION OF CHARGE HAS NO PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCE AND CAN BE IGNORED,BUT NOT FOR MICROSCOPIC LEVELS...WHY?

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17 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of piyush garg
17 Years ago

quantization of charges means only a integral multiple of 1.6* 10^-19 is transffered

so at microscopic level,it cannot be ignored because charge transffered must integral multiple of e

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