Its implications can be applied to other charged objects, such as rings, disks, and spheres. Static electricity is commonly produced by friction between two surfaces in close contact. Let us take a positively charged ball and a negatively charged ball and join them with a metal rod
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Now if we connect one end of a wire with the positively charged one and the other end of the wire.
To answer this question we note that if one holds a charged rod near a hanging pith ball, the pith ball will first be attracted to it, steal some of its charge, and then be repelled away.
A small metal ball is given a negative charge, then brought near to end a of the rod (figure 1) What happens to end a of the rod when the ball approaches it closely this first time? The result is the formation of what is called an electric dipole, from a latin phrase meaning “two ends.” the presence of electric charges on the insulator—and the electric forces they apply to the conduction electrons—creates, or “induces,” the dipole in the conductor. Triboelectricity, the transfer of charge between two objects by means of friction, depends on the varying affinities that different materials have for electrons
When you rub two materials together, the material that has the stronger affinity for electrons pulls them from the other material. A large charge can be delivered to both balls using the 'electrophorous' This consists of two parts A piece of plastic that can be charged by friction
Electric field breakdown is then demonstrated by bringing the two spheres closer together.with the spheres far apart, breakdown is achieved by placing a conducting rod in the space between the spheres, while an insulating rod, similarly placed, does not cause breakdown.
Because the electric charge is confined to the object and is not moving, it is called an electrostatic charge Thus static electricity is stationary electricity in the form of an electric charge at rest
