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Q 1.4 (b) Why can one ignore quantisation of electric charge when dealing with macroscopic i.e., large scale charges?

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On macroscopic level, amount of charge transferred is very large as compared to the charge of a single electron. Therefore, we tend to ignore quantisation of electric charge in these cases and considered to be continuous in nature.

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HARSH KANKARIA

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When we are dealing with macroscopic scale,quantization of charge then in the value of n large power of 10 is found which removed decimal certainly. So,we ignore law of quantization of charge. 

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Deepak singh

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