Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Discharging Through Heating

When an object has more protons than electrons, the object has a positive charge. But when the object has more electrons than protons, the object has a negative charge. Through heating, the protons and electrons of an atom could be even out again.


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Grounding - the Removal of a Charge



Grounding is a method used to remove the excess electrons from an object to make it neutral (discharged), by connecting an object to the earth by using a wire or other conductor  material(metal). So the electrons are moving down to earth straight away. If an object has a positive charge so the electron from the earth move upward to neutrals excess positive charge object  to become neutral (substance).  This method that we use to avoid from electric shock case  that will happen to us when we touch an object that’s not neutral (contain excess electric charge),  and also this method  will safe our electric equipment damage by electric shock. It will make our electric equipment will have longer age to use. 

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Charging by Induction

 Charging through induction is the process where an item is charged without touching each other. This could happen by taking a negatively charged item and moving it to one of 2 sphere balls on an insulating stand(this is necessary because the ground neutralizes charges), the neutral charged sphere will move to the other charged sphere due to the negative charge repelling from the balloon's negative charge. The negative charge of the sphere will move to the other sphere, the two spheres will then become opposite charges. 


The same thing happens when the balloon is positively charged but instead of sphere 1 losing its negative charge, its sphere 2 who loses it. Another way of explaining induction is when a magnet is pushed in and out of a metal coil, the metal coil will be charged and can be hooked up to a light. The speed of the push and pull, the magnet's power and the coil's number of spiral play a big role in this. The more of the above is present, the more electricity will generate.



Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Charging by Friction

Charging by friction is a process when the electrons move from an object to another object. This process happens when you rub two objects with different materials together. Since the two objects have different materials, the atoms hold their electrons with different strengths and abilities

For example, you rub a glass rod with a silk. At first, the two objects are neutral and they have the same amount of electrons and protons. Since the glass rod loose their electrons easily, the electrons move to the silk and the silk becomes negative charged. The silk now contain more electrons than the glass rod.

Another example is when you rub your hair with a rubber balloon. The electrons in the hair moved to the rubber balloon so then, the hair is attached with the balloon because two of the objects have different charges.



How is electrical charge transferred by friction?
Actually, electrical charge is not created by rubbing two objects. Its only electrons which are transferred from one object to another.  



Resources:
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/estatics/u8l2a.cfm
GCE 'O' Level, Physics Matters, Marshall Cavendish Education
 





Charging by Conduction

             Charging by conduction is done when a charged object comes in contact with a neutral one, and a transfer of electrons occur between the two. Upon receiving the electrons from the charged object, there will be a change in the charge of the neutral object.            

A charged object consists of only one type of charge, either a negative one or a positive one. If an object consists of both, it is considered neutral. Upon understanding that like charges repel and have the need to spread further away from each other, you should know that the farthest that they are able to travel to, is only within the space of the object. You should also know that the electrons in a charged object are more tightly packed than those in a neutral object. So if a path to a neutral object becomes available, these electrons will cross it in order to find more free space. By moving from the charged space to the neutral one, the electrons have affected the neutral state of charge, therefore causing the neutral object to become charged as well.
               
Charging by Conduction Using a Negatively Charged Object

When conduction charging is done by a negatively charged object, the charged object consists of excess electrons. When  the charged object comes in contact with the neutral object, these excess electrons will travel to the neutral space, causing the neutral object to also become negatively charged.

Charging by Conduction Using a Positively Charged Object

When conduction charging is done by a positively charges object, the same process occurs, except there is an excess number of protons instead of electrons. These excess protons, when in contact with a neutral object, will be transferred to the neutral space, causing it to become positively charged.