Raindrops acquire an electric charge as they fall. Suppose a 2.4-mm-diameter drop has a charge of +11 pC. In a thunderstorm, the electric field under a cloud can reach 15,000 N/C, directed upward. For a droplet exposed to this field, how do the magnitude of the electric force compare to those of the weight force?

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Electric Charges and Fields

One of the fundamental properties is the electromagnetic property. Charge cannot be destroyed by any process and this contributes formally to the law of charge conservation.