Question

Can you charge a conductor by friction? Why or why not? Will it make a difference if the conductor has a handle which is an insulator

Answer 1

Answer:

YES

Explanation:

When insulating materials rub against each other, they may become electrically charged. Electrons, which are negatively charged, may be ‘rubbed off’ one material and on to the other. The material that gains electrons becomes negatively charged. The material that loses electrons is left with a positive charge.

Answer 2

Yes a body can be charged by friction .  

Explanation:

• By rubbing two bodies together ,both positive and negative charges in equal amounts appear simultaneously due to transfer of electron from one body to the other.

• When a glass rod is rubbed with silk ,the rod becomes positively charged while the silk becomes negatively charged .the decrease in the mass of glass rod is equal to the total mass of electrons lost by it.

• Clouds also get charged by fiction

• Ebonite on rubbing with wool becomes negatively charged making the wool positively charged.

• No it makes no difference if the conductor has a handle which is an insulator.