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How can electrical polarization be induced in a neutral object?
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What is charging by polarization?
Charging by polarization is the separation of positive and negative charge. Overall, the object being charged is still electrically neutral.
What object is not an electrically neutral?
A object without electrical charges.
What happen when a negatively charged item gets near a neutral item?
The neutral object will probably get an induced polarity.
An atom or other object that has no overall electrical charge is said to be what?
neutral
Do positive and neutral attract each other?
both positive and negative objects attract to neutral object so yes positive and neutral will attract each other.
What is charging by polarization?
Charging by polarization is the separation of positive and negative charge. Overall, the object being charged is still electrically neutral.
Does a neutral object repel a positive object?
No. The actual result is the opposite. If a charged object is brought into the vicinity of a neutral object, normally the two objects attract. The attraction is a consequence of polarization. A neutral object is still composed of many charges associated with the electrons and nuclei of the atoms of the object. If it is a conductor, then electrons will easily move around the conductor in an electric field, but even a nonconductor allows some small movement of the electrons of the atoms. In either case, the movement is such that the electrons in the neutral object tend to shift opposite to the direction of any applied field, i.e. towards a positive charge if a positive object causes the field or away from a negatively charged object. For a neutral object, "polarization" is the charge separation on the object that is caused by the external electric field, for instance a nearby negative object. (Polarization is, by definition, the charge separation induced by an external field and this is a materials property that is different for different materials.) When that charge separation takes place, the electrons (negative) will move somewhat away from a negative object nearby and leave a net positive on the part of the neutral object closest to the negative object. The neutral object has equal amounts of positive and negative charge, but the exposed positive charge is closer to the negative object and thus feels a greater force. There is both an attractive force and a repulsive force acting on different regions of the neutral object, but attraction always is greater because the region experiencing the attraction is closest to the external charge causing the polarization.) In general, a charge (positive or negative), brought near a neutral object will result in polarization of the neutral object and an attractive force between the two object. Polarization forces are larger when the neutral object is a conductor, but for nonconducting materials it is smaller and depends on the type of material.
What object can be attracted by a charged object?
A negatively charged object. Also, a neutral object, through an induced separation of charges.
An electrically neutral object can be attracted by a positively charged object because?
A neutral pith ball is still "charged", it just doesn't display excessively charged behavior. Since it is neutral, having nearly equal positive and negative charge, the proximity of the positively charged pith ball still attracts the negative charge present in the ball, inducing polarization moving the ball closer to the positively charged one. Once they make contact, the conductibility of the pith ball quickly accepts excess charge from the other, creating a like charge repulsion.
What object is not electrically neutral?
A object without electrical charges.
What object is not an electrically neutral?
A object without electrical charges.
Can be attracted by a positively charged object?
A negatively charged object. Also, a neutral object, through an induced separation of charges.
What can be attracted by a positively charged object?
A negatively charged object. Also, a neutral object, through an induced separation of charges.
What happen when a negatively charged item gets near a neutral item?
The neutral object will probably get an induced polarity.
When does polarity occur?
Polarization occurs when free electrons of an electrically neutral object move to one side of the object, leaving the other side with a positive charge.
An atom or other object that has no overall electrical charge is said to be what?
neutral
Which process is the method by which a neutral object obtains an electrical charge?
induction
