Answer to Question #209005 in Atomic and Nuclear Physics for vali

Question

Describe how a positively charged object can be used to give another object a negative charge? What is the name of this process

Answer 1

We can use a positively charged object to give another object a negative charge.

Consider a situation where we have placed the positive charge near the neutral object at surface A.

Then surface A becomes negatively charged and surface B (opposite of surface A) gets positively charged.

Then touch neutral body to surface B and it absorbs some of the positive charge.

Now, if we remove the two charged particles, the metal is negatively charged since the neutral object absorbed some positive charge.

This process is known as conduction and this occurs due to movement of electron from one surface to other.

We can pass charge from one object to another and this process is known as conduction and this occurs due to movement of electron from one surface to other.