Question

"Electric charge is quantized". Elucidate in detail.

Answer 1

Electric charge of a body is quantized. This means that only integral (1, 2, …., n) number of electrons can be transferred from one body to the other. Charges are not transferred in fraction. Hence, a body possesses total charge only in integral multiples of electric charge.

Answer 2

$\textbf{Electric charge is quantized}$. It means a substance or a body has electric charge which exist in discrete packets.

Any charged body or substance has a total electric charge q which is an integral multiple of charge on an electron (e)

That is, q = ±ne, where n = 1,2,3,... and e =1.6×10^-19