Question

why do leaves of a gold-leaf electroscope diverge when a charged body is brought in contact with its disc?​

Answer 1

The gold leaves of an electroscope diverge because when an object is placed on the metal disc, the chargetravels through the metal rod to the gold leaves. Since LIKE charges repel,the charge travels up to the leaves andthe gold leaves open up as both leaveshave like charges


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