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Opposite charges attract, and similar charges repel.
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How does the electric charge on the proton compare with the electric charge on the electron?
They are equal in magnitude but opposite in charge.
If two balloons are rubbed on a wool sweater they should stick to each other?
The balloon has a greater affinity for electrons so it obtains a negative charge after being rubbed against the sweater. The balloon, containing a highly negative charge, sticks to the wall because it is attracted to the positive charges in the wall (opposites attract). After a while, the balloon's extra electrons move to the wall and both objects become neutrally charged. Lacking any significant attraction, the balloon will fall off the wall.
What force attracts a positive charge towards a negative charge?
Charges create an electric field around them. This electric field creates a force that attracts or repels other charges. The field attracts opposite charges or repels same charges. The force F= q1q2 zc/2r2 .
Does a battery supply the electrons in an electric circuit?
No, is it incorrect to say that a battery produces the charges that circulate in a circuit. Some might suggest that a battery is a current source, but the battery should most properly be considered a voltage source. It generates the electromotive force (emf or voltage) that causes charges to move. (It does this through electrochemical reactions.) The charges that circulate in a circuit (which might be termed the current flow) are already in the conductor and components. All the battery does is produce the voltage (the force) to move charges. Let's look at current flow and see why things might be best looked at in the manner we've stated.Note that the way a battery moves charges is to "inject" an electron into the circuit where it is tied to the negative terminal of that battery. The electron causes one electron in the circuit at the terminal to "move over" and that will cause another electron to "move over" and so on. This will continue until the "last electron" in the circuit at the positive terminal of the battery leaves the circuit and "goes into" the battery. Current flow in the circuit is like musical chairs with electrons everywhere in the circuit "moving over a space" to cause the current flow.Having gone through all that, it should be easier to see why a battery probably should not be considered the producer of charges that circulate in a circuit. Rather, the battery is the source of the voltage that drives the charges (the current) in the circuit.
What things have polonium in them?
Examples are: - * Source of neutrons: as Po-BeO - * Radioisotope thermoelectric energy source - * Alpha particles source - * Brushes with Po to eliminate static charges from different surfaces
Why do objects with opposite charges attract to each other?
If they're oppositely charged, at least one of them isn't actually an electron. But leaving that aside for the moment: oppositely charged particles are attracted to each other because that's how electromagnetism works.
How are magnetic poles and electric charges similar?
Main similarity: Like charges repel each other, different charges attract each other.Main difference: Magnetic "charges" can't be separated. At least, so far it has not been achieved.
Why do some charge things attract?
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What feature makes a water polar molecule?
the ends of the water molecule have opposite electrical charges
When you use opposite?
To use the word opposite it means that two things are extremely different and that there is nothing similar between the two items. An example is, opposites attract.
In what ways is static electricity useful explain a practical use?
Static Electricity is very useful in many things we use in our everyday life. For instance, Photocopiers use static electricity to give the image or text a charge. The toner and the image have opposite charges because opposite charges attract. Static Electricity is also used in the ink. It makes the ink attracted to the places in which the information we need to be printed on the paper not where its supposed to stay white.
What does 'repulsive' mean?
"Repulsion" means force in the direction that tries to push things apart, like the forcebetween two of the same kind of electric charge or magnetic pole. It's the noun thatcomes from the verb "repel"."Attraction" means force in the direction that tries to pull things together, like theforce between two masses, opposite charges, or opposite magnetic poles. It's thenoun that comes from the word "attract".
What is a form of electricity that attracts things?
It really depends on whether it is negative or positive but the simple answer is STATIC
Why do woman question most things a man does?
Woman just love to know things about the opposite sex. we like t attract them, wow them, dominate over them and what not. that is why we question what men do.
Why does a comb drawn through hair attract a tiny piece of paper?
If a comb drawn through (dry) hair attracts a tiny piece of paper, it is almost certainly due to static electricity. We know that when some things are "rubbed" on other things, electrical charges can be displaced. A difference of potential is set up between two objects by moving charges from one object to another. And the difference of potential can, through electrostatic force, cause what is observed here.
How does the electric charge on the proton compare with the electric charge on the electron?
They are equal in magnitude but opposite in charge.
Do magnets only attract to shiny things?
do magnets attract only shiny things
