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Question
A glass rod is rubbed with silk. State the kind of charge acquired by each.
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Solution
When a glass rod is rubbed with silk, the glass rod which has free electrons get transferred to the silk cloth. The glass rod has a deficiency of electrons acquired a positive charge while the silk cloth acquires electrons, therefore acquires a negative charge.
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