NATS 1945 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Fluorine, Static Electricity, Electric Light

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1945
• Professor: Robin Metcalfe

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Electrons and protons are the carriers of charge: A charged object (or part of an object) has a surplus of either positively or negatively- charged atoms/molecules. Charge is measured in coulombs, c (1c is the charge of over a million trillion electrons) The charge of an electron and proton (denoted by e) are opposite in sign but equal in value. The atoms inside matter are the carriers of the force of gravity, because it"s ato(cid:373)s that give matter mass. The carriers of electric force are the charged particles inside atoms, meaning, the negatively charged electrons, the particles around an atoms nucleus, and the positively (cid:272)harged p"s, ato(cid:373)s i(cid:374)side nu(cid:272)leus. If an atom has more electrons than protons it is a negatively charged atom, an ion, and (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)ersely, if a(cid:374) ato(cid:373) has less ele(cid:272)tro(cid:374)s tha(cid:374) p"s, it is a positi(cid:448)ely (cid:272)harged io(cid:374). It is the (cid:374)et (cid:272)harge of a(cid:374) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t"s ato(cid:373)s that gi(cid:448)e a(cid:374) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t its (cid:272)harge.