Physics GCSE
Production of static electricity by rubbing insulators
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Two different insulating surfaces are rubbed together, and friction transfers electrons from one surface to the other, producing static charge.
Topics that use Production of static electricity by rubbing insulators
- Static and charge (OCR GCSE)
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- attraction and repulsion
- Charge carriers and transfer of electrons
- charge flow
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- closed circuit
- conservation of charge
- Current
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