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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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NCERT Solutions For Class 12 Chemistry Chapter 3 Electrochemistry
Last modified on:4 years agoReading Time:18MinutesNCERT Solutions For Class 12 Chemistry Chapter 3 Electrochemistry Here we are providing NCERT solutions for Class 12 Chemistry Chapter 3 Electrochemistry. NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED 3.1. How would you determine the standard electrode potential of the system Mg2+1 Mg?Ans: A cell will be set up consisting of Mg/MgSO4 (1 M) as one electrode…
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NCERT Solutions For Class 12 Chemistry Chapter 1 The Solid State
Last modified on:5 years agoReading Time:50MinutesNCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED 1.1.Why are solids rigid?Ans: The constituent particles in solids have fixed positions and can oscillate about their mean positions. Hence, they are rigid. 1.2.Why do solids have a definite volume?Ans: The constituent particles of a solid have fixed positions and are not free to move about, i.e., they possess…
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NCERT Solution For Class 12 Physics Chapter 12 Atoms
Last modified on:5 years agoReading Time:37MinutesQuestion 12.1: Choose the correct alternative from the clues given at the end of the each statement: (a) The size of the atom in Thomson’s model is ………. the atomic size in Rutherford’s model. (much greater than/no different from/much less than.) (b) In the ground state of ………. electrons are in stable equilibrium,…
