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electric charge

The state of any particle or body on which the there is an imbalance between electrons and protons. An excess of electrons causes a negative charge; a deficiency of electrons causes a positive charge. Electric charge, ELECTRIC FORCE and ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE are fundamental to much of physiology.
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On the side with two hydrogen atoms, the protons aren't balanced out as well by electrons, so that side has a bit of positive charge.
It follows that any excess of CE[C.sub.T] over AEC, or vice versa, at p[H.sub.0] must be due to net permanent negative or net permanent positive charge, respectively, i.e.
As a result of variation in the magnitude of the soil solution pH or ionic strength, the equilibrium relationship between the adsorbed N[O.sub.3] and the positive charge density is likely to be altered.
This causes the chitosan to lose its positive charge, and the strands begin to come back together.
There is a great deal of variety in how a cloud can become electrified, and the graphic shows an instance in which electrical breakdown traveled from a region of negative charge toward and through a lower region of positive charge. We chose it because it represented real data for a flash that the New Mexico Tech scientists found intriguing.--Alexandra Witze
Although the mechanism discussed by Donn and Menzies (2005) may apply to the formation of the N[O.sub.3] accumulations, N[O.sub.3] adsorption and accumulation should occur throughout the whole profile since a positive charge of 1-2.5 [cmol.sub.c]/kg is exhibited at most depths in the profiles containing N[O.sub.3] accumulations (Donn et al.
The amount of positive charge on the nucleus was called the atomic number.
Polyamines are molecules within the cell that carry a positive charge.
Exposure to ultraviolet rays in sunlight drives out electrons and gives the dust a positive charge. But at night-time or in shadow, the torrent of particles spewed out from the Sun charges the dust with electrons, giving it a negative charge.
In the process, though, they shorted out much of the positive charge that usually sits near the top of the cloud acting like a lid on a pot to keep negatively charged leaders from breaking through.
The other terminal has a deficit of electrons and, therefore, a positive charge. When wires connect the two terminals to form a circuit, electrons flow through the wires to try to even out this difference in charge.
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