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What is an electric charge? Give its types and write is unit.

Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. Electric charges are of two types: Positive electric charge (proton) & negative electric charge (electron). Electric charge is an intrinsic (independent) property of electron and proton like mass.

The SI unit of electric charge is Coulomb.


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