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Physics Notes
Physics Notes
Physics Notes
Electrostatic charging.
Movement of electrons into or out of non conducting material
1. Rubbed (friction)
2. When a charged object is moved brought near another which
isn’t charged (polarization)
3. When charged object transfers its charges to one that is not
charged (induction)
Eg. The piece of cloth that was used to rub the object loses its electrons
to the object. Cloth becomes positively charged
You can tell an object is charged when:
1. Object 1 is attracted to object 2
2. Object 1 is repelled by object 2
NB:
Oppositely charged objects attract.
Like charges repel.