Charge conservation in isolated systems maintains that the total charge remains constant, even when charged particles are created. In the case of pair production, where high-energy gamma radiation generates an electron and a positron, the number of charged particles increases, but the total charge remains zero. An electron has a charge of -1, while a positron has a charge of +1, resulting in an algebraic sum of zero. Thus, charge conservation is upheld through the balance of positive and negative charges, not the count of charged particles.
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manimaran1605 said:so it is the algebraic sum of total charges, not the total charges am i right?