Which one of the following is NOT a basic property of electric charge?

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  1. Charges can be added
  2. Charge is conserved
  3. Charge on a body is always an integral multiple of an electron or a proton charge
  4. Charges can be created and destroyed in an isolated system

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Option 4 : Charges can be created and destroyed in an isolated system
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Concept:

Electric charge is a fundamental property of matter responsible for electric forces and interactions.

Key properties of electric charge include:

Conservation of charge: The total charge in an isolated system is constant.

Quantization of charge: The charge on a body is always an integral multiple of the elementary charge (e).

Superposition principle: Charges can be added algebraically to find the net charge.

Charge invariance: Charges cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system.

 

∴ Option 4 is NOT a basic property of electric charge.

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