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11.1 Charging by friction

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Question 7

A student rubs an acetate rod with a dry cloth. This process gives the acetate rod a positive static charge.

Explain, in terms of the movement of subatomic particles, how the acetate rod became positively charged.

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11.1 Charging by friction Questions

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  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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