Register
Suppose that you had an electrically charged stick. If you divided the stick in half, each half would have half the original charge. If you split each of these halves, each piece would have a quarter of
134k views
17 votes
Suppose that you had an electrically charged stick. If you divided the stick in half, each half would have half the original charge. If you split each of these halves, each piece would have a quarter of the original charge. Can you keep on dividing the charge in this manner forever

User Terrence
by
3.8k points

1 Answer

13 votes

Because charge is quantized, the answer is no.

User Sathya
by
3.4k points
Ask a Question
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

3.5m questions

4.4m answers

Other Questions

How does the value of the electrostatic force vary with the value (how many) of the charges?
What is the application of physics ​
A car is moving 14.4 m/s when it hits the brakes. It slow from 78.8 m, which take 9.92s. It then accelerates at 1.83 m/s 2 for 4.50 s. What is the total displacement?
A charge Q is uniformly spread over one surface of a very large nonconducting square elastic sheet having sides of length d. At a point P that is 1.25 cm outside the sheet, the magnitude of the electric
If you use 750 Newtons of force to accelerate an object to 3.1 m/s​ . What is the object’s mass?
Link Copied!