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11.1 Charging by friction

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Question 1

An engineer holds an aluminium rod in their bare hand and rubs it against a positively charged glass rod.

The glass rod loses its charge.

Explain, in terms of the movement of electron charge carriers, why the glass rod loses its charge.

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11.1 Charging by friction Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /11.1 Charging by friction

47 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 11.1 Charging by friction, covering 11.1.1 Charging insulators by friction, 11.1.2 Forces between charges, 11.1.3 Electrostatic phenomena, and 11.1.4 Earthing and removing charge. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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