Charge conservation is a fundamental principle of physics stating that the total electric charge in an isolated system remains constant over time. This principle implies that charge can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred between objects or transformed into different forms of energy.

Charge Conservation

Charge conservation

fundamental principle of physics

total electric charge

An isolated system is a physical system that does not exchange matter or energy with its surroundings, making it an idealized concept in thermodynamics. In reality, perfectly isolated systems do not exist, but the concept is useful for simplifying and analyzing complex systems by assuming no external interactions.

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