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Charging by Conduction
In the previous two sections of Lesson 2, the process of charging by friction and charging by inductionwere described and…
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Charging by Induction
The previous section of Lesson 2 discussed the process of charging an object by friction or rubbing.…
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Methods of Charging
Charging by Friction In Lesson 1, it was explained that atoms are the building blocks of…
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Polarization
In an earlier section of Lesson 1, it was stated that an electrical attraction would be…
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Conductors and Insulators
The behavior of an object that has been charged is dependent upon whether the object is made…
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Charge Interactions
Suppose that you rubbed a balloon with a sample of animal fur such as a…
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Neutral vs. Charged Objects
As discussed in a previous section of Lesson 1, atoms are the building blocks of matter.…
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Static Electricity
Basic Terminology and Concepts The Structure of Matter There is a large overlap of the…
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Calorimeters and Calorimetry
Calorimetry is the science associated with determining the changes in energy of a system by measuring…
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Measuring the Quantity of Heat
On the previous page, we learned what heat does to an object when it is gained…