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Chapter 9 Static Electricity

9.1 Types of Static Charge

? A static charge is an electrical charge

? It is eventually discharged or lost ? There are two types of charges

? Positive (+) electrons removed ? Negative (-) electrons added

Law of Electric Charges

? The law of electric charges states that like charges repel and unlike charges attract

? Some materials are more likely than others to gain or lose electrons. Substances are ranked on the electrostatic series. If two substances are rubbed together, electrons are transferred. One object becomes negatively charged, one object becomes positively charged.

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