Electric state

Last updated 2023.02.07 Edit Source

• Physics
• Electricity

There are two electric states:

• positive: eg. glass rubbed by silk
• negative: eg. plastic rubbed by fur

Electric state behavior
Objects with like charge repel
Objects with opposite charge attract

RUBBED OBJECTS GET INTO OPPOSITE ELECTRIC STATES

conductors and insulators

Electric is caused by excess / lack of electrons

All charges are the multiples of the charge of an electron, called electric charge