It is not possible to create or destroy net charge carried by any isolated
system although the charge carrying particles may be created or destroyed
FIGURE 1 2 Electroscopes: (a)
The gold leaf electroscope, (b)
Schematics of a simple
electroscope Rationalised 2023-24
Electric Charges
and Fields
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in a process Sometimes nature creates charged particles: a neutron turns
into a proton and an electron