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Charging of Insulators
Since charge cannot flow through insulators, neither conduction nor induction can be used to charge, insulators, so in order to charge an insulator friction is used. Whenever an insulator is rubbed against a body exchange of electrons takes place between the two. This results in appearance of equal and opposite charges on the insulator and the other body. Thus the insulator is charged.
For example rubbing of plastic with fur, silk with glass causes charging of these things.
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Conductors and Insulators
Last modified on:4 years agoReading Time:2MinutesConductors and Insulators Solids are mainly classified into two groups, conductors and insulators. In conductors, electric charges are free to move from one place to another, whereas in insulators they are tightly bound to their respective atoms. In an uncharged body, there are equal number of positive and negative charges. The…
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Electric Field Due to a Point Charge
Last modified on:3 years agoReading Time:1MinuteElectric Field Due to a Point Charge The electric field produced by a point charge q can be obtained in general terms from Coulomb’s law.First note that the magnitude of the force exerted by the charge q on a test charge q0 is then divide this value by q0 to obtain…
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Electric Field Due to a Charged Ring
Last modified on:3 years agoReading Time:4MinutesElectric Field Due to a Charged Ring A conducting ring of radius R has a total charge q uniformly distributed over its circumference. We are interested in finding the electric field at point P that lies on the axis of the ring at a distance x from its centre. We divide…
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Numerical Problems Based on Combination of Errors for Class 11 Physics
Last modified on:5 months agoReading Time:11Minutes Numerical Problems on Propagation of Errors Class 11 Physics · Units and Measurements SQ Error Propagation Practice Set Apply rules for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and powers Ch 2 · Units and Measurements 1 If $A = (12.0 \pm 0.1)\text{ cm}$ and $B = (8.5 \pm 0.5)\text{ cm}$, find (i)…
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Numerical Problems Based on Errors in Measurements for Class 11 Physics
Last modified on:5 months agoReading Time:10Minutes Numerical Problems on Error Analysis Class 11 Physics · Units and Measurements SQ Error Calculation Practice Set Apply formulas for mean, absolute error, relative error, and percentage error Ch 2 · Units and Measurements 1 The diameter of a wire as measured by a screw gauge was found to be…
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Numerical Problems Based on Significant Figures for Class 11 Physics
Last modified on:5 months agoReading Time:14Minutes The significant figures are normally those digits in a measured quantity which are known reliably or about which we have confidence in our measurement plus one additional digit that is uncertain. The larger the number of significant figures in a measurement, the higher is the accuracy of the measurement. Suppose…
