Question

What is electrostatic force? Why is it called non-contact force?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The force exerted by a charged body on another charged or uncharged body is called electrostatic force.

This force is known as non-contact force because these forces comes into play even when the bodies are not in contact with each other.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

What is an Electrostatic Force?

The electrostatic force is an attractive and repulsive force between particles are caused due to their electric charges. The electric force between stationary charged body is conventionally known as the electrostatic force. It is also referred to as Columb’s force.

Electrostatics Examples

There are many examples of electrostatic force. Few of them are listed below

1. The force of attraction of the plastic wrap to one’s hand and later when hand is removed from the wrap.

2. The attraction of paper to a charged scale by rubbing to hair.

3. The apparently spontaneous explosion of grain silos

4. Photocopier & laser printer operation

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