what is meant by the statement 'charge is quantized'??
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(a) 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. (b) In macroscopic or large scale charges, the charges used are huge as compared to the magnitude of electric charge. Hence, quantization of electric charge is of no use on macroscopic scale. Therefore, it is ignored and it is considered that electric charge is continuous
Quantization of charge means that every body has the charge equal to the integral multiple of electrons... It is useless in macroscopic quantities because in that system there are uncountable electrons so quantization can't be dealer in system.
a) It states that charge on any body has to be an integral multiple of electronic charge. i.e q=(+-)ne where n =no. of e transferred or gain. n has to be an integer=1, 2,3...... b) Quantization of charge is meaningful only at microscopic level,where changes involved are of the order of few tens or hundred of e i.e they can be counted. Such charges appear in discrete lumps and quantization cannot be ignored . At macroscopic level no. of charges are very large and cannot be counted.