Physics
Answer
In charging by conduction method, the conductor to be charged is touched or brought in contact with a charged body. The conductor gets charged by the similar kind of charge as on the charging body.
Method of charging
Suppose we want to charge a metal rod A with a positive charge.
- Take the metal rod A and place it on an insulating stand.
- Take a positively charged glass rod B provided with an insulating handle and touch it with the metal rod A as shown in the figure below. Some positive charge of the glass rod B is shared by the metal rod A.
- Remove the glass rod B.
- The rod A gets positively charged.
Related Questions
Name the way of charging a conductor in which the charge is shared.
A metal rod A is to be charged positively by using another charged rod B. What should be the kind of charge on the rod B if charging is to be done by conduction?
Explain the charging by conduction in terms of movement of electrons.
State two ways of charging a conductor.