Why two charges named as positive and negative charge
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Benjamin Franklin coined the terms positive and negative charges in the 18th century due to the fact that when equal amounts of the two different charges (+ve and -ve) were added (or present in a body), they cancelled each other i.e. it was as if there was no charge (it is universally accepted that when a positive integer is added with a negative integer of same magnitude, the resultant is zero).
It can also be observed that the naming was clever since positive and negative charges produce electric fields having opposite direction (usually the terms positive and negative represent an opposition in direction).
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Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. There are two types of electric charge: positive and negative (commonly carried by protons and electrons respectively). Like charges repel each other and unlike charges attract each other. An object with an absence of net charge is referred to as neutral. Early knowledge of how charged substances interact is now called classical electrodynamics, and is still accurate for problems that do not require consideration of quantum effects.
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