Question

Explain the meaning of the statement electric charge of a body is quantized

Answer 1

This means that only integral (1, 2, …., n) number of electrons can be transferred from onebody to the other. Charges are not transferred in fraction. Hence, a bodypossesses total charge only in integral multiples of electric charge.ok

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