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13 Cards in this Set
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Induction |
The process of charging a conductor by bringing it another charged object and grounding the conductor |
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Semi-conductor |
Materials with electrical properties between insulators and conductors |
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Super conductors |
Matals and compounds that have 0 electrical resistance when they are at or below a certain temp |
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Electric charge is ___ and ___ |
Conserved- quantized |
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Insulators and conductors can be charged by ____ |
Contact |
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Conductors can be charged by____ |
Induction |
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Polarization can ____ a surface charge |
Induce |
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Ions |
Atoms that are positively or negatively charged |
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Quantized |
When a charge is a multiple of a fundamental unit of charge |
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Grounded conductor |
When a conductor is connected to Earth by a conducting wire or copper pipe |
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Charging by induction requires |
Contact with a third object |
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Third object in induction can serve as either a ___or a ___ of electrons |
Source -sink |
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Sink |
A system which can absorb a large number of charges without becoming charged itself |
