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Electric Charges
What is an Atom made of?
Answer Protons, Neutrons, & Electrons
There are two types of Electric Charges:
1 – Positive (Protons)
2 – Negative (Electrons)
Atoms contain an equal number of
Protons and Neutrons; Positive &
Negative cancel each other out.
What is Static Electricity?
Static electricity is the accumulation of
excess (extra) electric charges on an
object.
Induction
Friction
Conduction
Charging by Induction
Induction:
Objects can be charged by bringing a charged
object near a neutral object.
The two objects don’t touch
If a charged object is brought near a neutral
Friction:
If you rub one against another,
sometimes electrons leave
one object and stick to another
leaving both objects charged.
Charging by Conduction
Conduction:
Electrons can be transferred from one object
to another by touching.
When a charged object touches another
object some charge will transfer to the
other object.
It is always the electrons that move in solid
objects.
Objects charged by conduction will have
the same charge as the object charging it
and therefore repel it.