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GCSE Combined Science · key term
The overall charge of a particle or object after its positive and negative charges are added together, taking their signs into account.
Used by OCR
Specification P3.1a · Physics Paper 1
Revise: Properties of ChargeThe net charge is the overall charge after all the positive and negative charges are added together. Each proton’s positive charge balances one electron’s negative charge.
When explaining why an object is neutral, state that its positive and negative charges are equal, so its net charge is zero.
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