Attraction and Repulsion of Neutral Obj
Attraction and Repulsion of Neutral Objects
Well, my initial thought would be that a positively charged object can not attract or repel a neutral charged object. Nothing would happen. But this assumption was proved wrong when the Teflon rod was rubbed by the bunny, it was positively charged. And as I brought the rod closer to the paper, which is neutral, it attracted the paper. This kind of attraction can be explained by induction. As the positive object is brought closer to the neutral object, charge separation occurs within the neutral object, resulting an electric dipole moment. The positive and negative charges will be rearranged so that positive charges come to one side and negative charges are brought toward the charged one. Thus, the object becomes attracted.
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