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Static Electricity (1).
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Static Electricity✅
What are the factors affecting the electric force between two point
charges?- Electric force increases when:
magnitude of charges increases and / or;
distance between charges decreases
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What is the conservation of electric charge?- The conservation of electric
charge states that electric charge cannot be created nor destroyed. They
are only transferred from one object to another. Net charge of a system
remains constant unless some charge enters or leaves the system.
✅Region in which an electric charge experiences
Electric field (definition)-
an electric force
Electric field representation- ✅
What are the characteristics of electrical insulators and conductors?-✅
Insulators
Conductors
Ability to conduct electricity
Low
High
Motion of charged particles
Not free to move about within insulator
Free to move within conductor
Method of charging
By friction- when electrical insulators become charged, electrons remain at
the surface where the material has been rubbed
By contact or induction
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