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When a particle is charged, it attracts other particles with the opposite charge
and repels particles with the same charge.
The bigger the charge, the greater the force of attraction or repulsion.
Charged particles do not have to touch each other to exert a force. This is
because each charged particle has an electric field around it.
If a charged particle enters the electric field of another particle, the two
particles have an effect on each other without touching because they exert a
non-contact force. What happens between the particles depends on the type
of charge on each particle.
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