conservation of charge

A principle stating that the total electric charge of an isolated system remains constant regardless of changes within the system.

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conservation of charge

(General Physics) the principle that the total charge of any isolated system is constant and independent of changes that take place within the system

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conservation of charge - the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system

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It was developed to improve existing MESFET capacitance models for SPICE using conservation of charge in the implanted layer.[6] The capacitance model calculates the gate charge from the drain current and gate capacitances from the drain conductances.

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The theoretical advantage of the 3-D calibration is that it should conform to the law of conservation of charge moving through concentric shells about the source.

Three-dimensional calibration of the non-invasive ion probe, NVPi, of steady ionic currents

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