DIFFERENT TYPES OF

CHARGING PROCESSES
MELC

Describe the different types of charging

processes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

a. Describe each type of charging process.

b. Give examples of each type of charging
process.
CHARGING
means gaining or losing electron. Matters can be
charged with three ways, charging by friction,
charging by contact and charging by induction.
When you rub one material to another, they are
charged by friction. Material losing electron is
positively charged and material gaining electron
is negatively charged.
CHARGING BY FRICTION
involves rubbing of two different materials
against each other which may cause the
transfer of electrons from one material to
another.
CONDUCTION CHARGING PROCESS
is the transfer of electrons from a charged
object to another object by direct contact.
Induction happens when a charged object
is brought near, but doesn’t touch a
conductor.
Because of attraction between opposite
charges and repulsion between like charges,
the electrons in a conductor will move
around when a charged object comes near.
The charge object will create an electric
field that pushes or pulls the electrons
within the conductor.
Charging by friction - the process which an object
gets charged when it is rubbed against another object
or there is a direct contact between two objects.
Charging by conduction - the process in which an
object gets charged by making contact with a charged
object.
Charging by induction - the process in which an
object gets by charged object without direct contact
CONDUCTION CHARGING PROCESS
is the transfer of electrons from a charged
object to another object by direct contact.
Induction happens when a charged object
is brought near, but doesn’t touch a
conductor.
EXAMPLES:
CHARGING BY FRICTION
1. A bit of paper is attracted to the comb after using it.
2. a charged balloon can stick to the wall by attraction
3. a charged rod can pull a stream of water towards it
4. rubbing a balloon with wool
CHARGING BY CONDUCTION (Examples)
1. a positively charged aluminum plate is
touched to a neutral metal sphere. The neutral
metal sphere becomes charged as the result of
being contacted by the charged aluminum plate
2. The two balloons have the same charge
causing them to move away from each other
 CHARGING BY INDUCTION (Examples)
1. The leaves of the electroscope(yellow ) move separately
when the charged rod is placed near the electroscope
2. Thunder clouds carry a vast amount of negative charges
at the bottom and an equal amount of corresponding
positive charges at the top. When they loom over us in
the gloomy sky, positive charges are induced on the
objects on the ground, as a result of electrostatic
induction.
• Learning Task 1:
• Direction: Identify the following if it is an
example of charge by Friction, Conduction or
Induction. Write your answer on the line
before each number.
Learning Task 2:
Learning Task 2:
Write true if the statement is correct and false if not.
1. Charging means gaining and loosing electrons
2. Charging by friction involves rubbing of two different
materials against each other which may cause the transfer
of electrons from one material to another
3. Rubbing a balloon with wool is an example of induction
4. The leaves of the electroscope(yellow ) move separately
when the charged rod is placed near the electroscope
5. When you rub one material to another, they are charged
by friction