Question

What happens when we touch the metal top of a charge electroscope with our finger ? What is this process knows as?

Answer 1

when we touch the metal top of an electroscope, some amount of charge will be transferred to our body. Because metal top and our body both are conductors, will try to come to a common potential. This phenomena is called sharing of charges or charging by touching.

Answer 2

• The leaves of an electroscope collapse as soon as we touch the metal cap with hand because the leaves of the charged electroscope lose charge to the earth through our body.

This process is known as EARTHING.