There are three main ways of electrically charging an object:
1. Friction
2. Contact
3. Induction or Induced Charge Separation
Friction
Contact
Indunction
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Charging by induction.
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Charging by friction and charging by induction (works only for conductors)
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Charging by induction.
conduction, induction, and friction
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Charging by friction and charging by induction (works only for conductors)
Charging by induction.
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Charging the previous balance
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Charging by friction - this is useful for charging insulators. If you rub one material with another (say, a plastic ruler with a piece of paper towel), electrons have a tendency to be transferred from one material to the other. For example, rubbing glass with silk or saran wrap generally leaves the glass with a positive charge; rubbing PVC rod with fur generally gives the rod a negative charge. Charging by conduction - useful for charging metals and other conductors. If a charged object touches a conductor, some charge will be transferred between the object and the conductor, charging the conductor with the same sign as the charge on the object. Charging by induction - also useful for charging metals and other conductors. Again, a charged object is used, but this time it is only brought close to the conductor, and does not touch it. If the conductor is connected to ground (ground is basically anything neutral that can give up electrons to, or take electrons from, an object), electrons will either flow on to it or away from it. When the ground connection is removed , the conductor will have a charge opposite in sign to that of the charged object.
Friction and Contact
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