Monday, March 11, 2019

electrostatics - How does an object regains its neutrality after being charged by rubbing?


Objects (like comb) can be charged by rubbing as charged particles, particularly electrons, are transferred from one object to other. This can be seen as the object (comb) attracts small bits of paper. After some time, the charge on the body seems to disappear. How does this charge disappear without any external influence?




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classical mechanics - Moment of a force about a given axis (Torque) - Scalar or vectorial?

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