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Charging by friction

GCSE · Combined Science · OCR · P3.1 — Static and charge: electric fields, charging by friction and induction

Question

OCR Paper P1 (Foundation)

A polythene rod is rubbed with a cloth. The rod becomes negatively charged.

(a) Explain, in terms of electrons, why the rod becomes negatively charged. (2 marks) (b) State the charge gained by the cloth. (1 mark)

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