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Which property of charge is this?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    Charge comes only in multiples of e
    Category
    Quantisation
  2. Item
    q = ne with n a whole number
    Category
    Quantisation
  3. Item
    Total charge is the algebraic sum of the parts
    Category
    Additivity
  4. Item
    Signs must be taken into account when adding
    Category
    Additivity
  5. Item
    An isolated system's total charge never changes
    Category
    Conservation
  6. Item
    Friction transfers charge but never creates it
    Category
    Conservation
Categories
  1. Item
    Quantisation
  2. Item
    Additivity
  3. Item
    Conservation

Explanation

syllabus names exactly three basic properties: quantisation, additivity and conservation. Naming them is easy; telling them apart is the actual skill. Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 1 Electric Charges and Fields.
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