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Yes, and in fact they do. You can easily see this yourself by rubbing a balloon on a sweater and then "sticking" it to a wall.

This happens because of something called "induced dipoles".

Let's say you have an electrically charged object ... negatively charged, for example.

If you bring it near an uncharged object, what happens is that the electrons in the molecules of the uncharged object tend to be repelled by the charged object. They move as far to the opposite side as they can get.

Because the electromagnetic force gets smaller with distance, the uncharged molecules now have a slight net attraction to the charged object, since the part of the molecule that's attracted to the charged object is now closer to the charged object than the part of the molecule that's repelled by it. This means the attractive force is very slightly greater than the repulsive force. For any individual molecule, it's not much, but there are a LOT of molecules in any object large enough to see, and those tiny attractions add up.

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Yes. In principle, there is no force between an electrical charge and an electrically neutral object. However, the electric charge can induce a separation of charges in the neutral object. This will cause a net electric force, due to the different distances.


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No, opposites attract, like a positive charge and a negative charge. Two positive charges will repulse each other.

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yes it is same as magnet cause induction in simple coil

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What attract when a charged object is brought close to an uncharged object use?

If positively charged body is brought near then opposite charges i.e. negative charges are induced and hence attraction occurs


By removing electrons to an uncharged object the object?

The object will become positive


How a charged rod placed near an uncharged metal object can repel?

Charged rod and an uncharged metal object attract each other because free electrons in metal are either attracted or repelled by the charged rod. If the rod is positively charged then free electrons are attracted towards it and both objects attract each other. If the rod is negatively charged then free electrons are repelled by it and positive ions are attracted by the rod and both objects attract each other.


Can object with a static charge can attract only other charged objects?

No. It can exert a much weaker force on neutral objects, due to an induced separation of charges - that is, the charged object will cause a separation of charges in the uncharged object, thus creating an electric dipole.


What can happen when an charged object can be brought near an uncharged object?

A neutrally charged object can still be affected by a charged object. If a neutrally charged object is being approached by a negatively charged objects, the electrons within the neutrally charged object will migrate to the other side (as the two negative charges repel), leaving the side closes to the negative object positive. Protons do not move. From there, the protons are attracted to the electrons, therefore moving the 'uncharged' object.

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