Electrostatics Flashcards

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charge

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A fundamental property of objects that experience and exert electrical forces.

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Electrostatics

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The study of charges that are not moving

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Conductor

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Materials that conduct electrical current

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4
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Insulators

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Materials which do not conduct electrical current

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5
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Polarise

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Make the charges on a neutral object separate by bringing a charged object nearby

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