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The net charge of an object can be found be summing the individual charges. Since charge is quantized, all net charges are just an integer multiple of the elementary charge.
q =n e
where q is the net charge and n is an integer.
For example, sodium can be a +1 ion and chlorine can be a -1 ion.
What does this mean concerning their charge and structure?
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