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When a metal sphere, A, with a charge of +5q is touched to a sphere,B, with a charge of -q what would each of the spheres charge would be and what would there the circle view of the final sphere?
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Gyoza06 said:When a metal sphere, A, with a charge of +5q is touched to a sphere,B, with a charge of -q what would each of the spheres charge would be and what would there the circle view of the final sphere?
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Gyoza06 said:my solution is sphere A ends up with a charge of +2.5q and sphere B ends up with a charge of +1.5q
Charge by contact is a process through which a neutral object gains or loses electrons when it comes into contact with a charged object. This results in the neutral object becoming charged with the same type of charge as the charged object it came into contact with.
When two objects come into contact, electrons can transfer from one object to the other. The object with a higher number of electrons will transfer some to the object with a lower number of electrons, resulting in one object becoming positively charged and the other becoming negatively charged.
Charge by contact involves direct contact between two objects, while charge by induction does not require physical contact. In charge by induction, a charged object is brought near a neutral object, causing a separation of charges within the neutral object and resulting in a temporary charge.
No, charge by contact only results in a temporary charge. Once the two objects are separated, the charge will be lost as the electrons redistribute themselves to achieve neutrality.
Some examples of charge by contact include rubbing a balloon on hair to make it stick to a wall, rubbing a comb on a woolen sweater to pick up small pieces of paper, and using a Van de Graaff generator to transfer charge to a person's body.