Chapter - 17 (Static electricity) Flashcards
What are the 2 types of charges?
- Positive
- Negative
what happens to opposite charges?
attract
What happens to like charges?
Repel
What is electric charge measured in?
Coulombs (C)
How is electrostatic repulsion caused?
When the charges are the same as reach other (repulsion)
How do insulating solids get a charge?
- by friction to transfer electrons
- by removing electrons that have a negative charge are left with a positive charge
What is the process for producing an electrostatic charge?
- Suspend insulating material using a cradle and a length of string so that the material can rotate softly
- Rub one end of material using a cloth (in order to give it a charge)
- Take a 2nd piece of insulating material and charge that by rubbing with a cloth
- Hold the charged end of the 2nd piece end of First piece
- if the material piece rotates away (repelled) then materials have the same charge
- if the First piece move towards (is attracted) then they have opposite charges
What does a charged object create?
Electric field
How is electric field shown?
Field lines point away from positive charges towards negative charges
What does the direction of force refer to?
A positive charge, it is always electrons that are free to move according to that force.
What does the strength of an electric field depend on?
Distance from the object creating the field.
- field is strongest close to the object (lines are close)
- field is weaker away from the charged object (lines are further away)
What do objects in electric field experience?
Electric field
What do the direction of the force depend on?
Charges are same or opposite
What 2 options can the force be?
- Attractive
- repulsive
What happens to the forces if charges are the same?
- (negative and negative) or (positive and positive)
- repulsive
- 2nd object will move away from the charge creating field