Question

describe the construction and working of gold leaf electroscope in simple words.​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴀ ɢᴏʟᴅ-ʟᴇᴀғ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏsᴄᴏᴘᴇ ɪs ᴀsɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪғʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴏᴅʏ. ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪɴᴄɪᴘʟᴇ ᴏғ ʟɪᴋᴇ sɪɢɴ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇ ʀᴇᴘᴜʟsɪᴏɴ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇs, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ, ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴘᴜsʜ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ.

Answer 2

Answer:

A gold-leaf electroscope is a simple device which is used to identify the electric charge present in a body. Their operation is based on the principle of like sign charge repulsion. ... When the leaves, which are electrically connected, become electrically charged, they push apart from each other.