Like Unlike Charges Expt

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Experiment:Chargesandtheirbehaviour

Aim:Tofindouthowdifferenttypesofchargesbehavearoundeachother
Equipment:2balloons,1silkcloth,1woolcloth,2piecesof1mlongstring
Method(inpairs):
1.Blowuptheballoonstothesamesizeandtieaknotintheirends.
2.Cutoneofthepiecesofstringinhalfandtieonehalftoeachballoon.
3.Tiethesecondpieceofstringbetweentworetortstandsandthentieeachballoonto
thisstring(seediagrambelow).
4.Rubbothballoonswiththesilkclothandobserve.
5.Rubbothballoonswiththewoolclothandobserve.
6.Ruboneballoonwiththesilkclothandoneballoonwiththewoolclothand
observe.
Diagram:
String

Retort
stand
String
Balloon

Results:
Bothballoonsrubbedwithsilk

Balloonsrubbedwithdifferentcloths

Bothballoonsrubbedwithwool

Conclusion(circlethecorrectchoices):
WhentheballoonswererubbedwiththeSAMEcloththeywereATTRACTEDTO/
REPELLEDBYeachother.
WhentheballoonswererubbedwithDIFFERENTclothstheywereATTRACTEDTO
/REPELLEDBYeachother.
Thisisbecausedifferentclothseithertakeoraddelectronstotheballoons,endingup
withdifferenttypesofcharges(positivewhenelectronsareTAKEN/ADDEDor
negativewhenelectronsareTAKEN/ADDED).
Thiscanbesummarisedby:

Thesame(like)charges____________
Different(unlike)charges____________

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