Physics
How will you use a gold leaf electroscope to find out whether a body is charged or uncharged?
Static Electricity
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Bring the body and touch it with the brass disc of the gold leaf electroscope. If the leaves diverge, the body is charged. But if the leaves do not diverge, the body is uncharged.
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