2.5.3

Charged Objects

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Charged Objects

Charged objects can exert forces on other objects.

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Rubbing an object

  • Rubbing an object against another object can cause electrons to jump from one object to the other. This causes both objects to become charged.
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Charged rod

  • A plastic rod (or a balloon) can be charged by rubbing it with a cloth (or hair).
  • The charged rod will attract a gentle stream of water falling from a tap.
  • The charged rod can move an empty aluminium drink can. The charge on the rod attracts or repels the electrons in the metal, moving the can.
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Isolated objects

  • Conductors allow charge to flow to earth, so they would not maintain (keep) this charge.
  • We call objects with no conducting path (link) to earth isolated objects.

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1Energy

2Electricity

3Particle Model of Matter

4Atoms & Radiation

5Forces

5.1Basics of Motion

5.2Forces

5.3Effects of Forces

5.4Pressure

6Waves

7Magnetism

8Astrophysics

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