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Different types of

forces 2: Electrostatic
force
Scientify
What are charges?
Phet Simulation Tool

Instructions:

1. Rub the balloon on the sweater


2. Bring the balloon close to the wall
3. Bring the balloon close to the sweater and let go
0. Simulation set up
1. Rub the balloon on the sweater
2. Bring the balloon close to the wall
3. Bring the balloon close to the sweater and let go
Questions

1. What happened when you rubbed the balloon on the


sweater?
2. What happened to the negative charges on the wall when you
brought the charged balloon close to it?
3. What about the positive charges?
4. What can you say about like charges and opposite charges?
What happened when we rubbed the
balloon on the sweater?
The negative charges on the
sweater stuck onto the balloon,
specifically in the direction the
positive charges on the balloon
face (left)

Positive charges on the balloon


attracted the negative charges on the
sweater → the balloon is now
negatively charged
Positive charges and
negative charges attract
each other
Charges on the wall

● Negative charges moved away


from the negatively charged
balloon while the positive
charges on the wall remained
still
● However, the balloon stuck onto
the wall

1. Why are the positive charges “still”?


2. Why do negative charges move when
they don’t?
3. What’s causing the balloon to stick to
the wall?
One thing is clear: Negative
charges repel negative
charges since the balloon
repelled negative charges
on the wall
F=ma all over again

Positive charges are about 1836 times heavier than


negative charges

● According to F=ma, it’s harder to move a heavier object


● Since positive charges are much heavier than negative
charges, they rarely move
Positive charges didn’t
move simply because
they are heavier
Putting everything together
1. Since the balloon is negatively charged:
a. Positive charges on the wall ATTRACT the balloon
b. Negative charges on the wall REPEL the balloon
2. Since the balloon stuck onto the wall, attraction is greater than repulsion

Wait… Let’s look at point 4 a bit closer


Why would attraction on the balloon be
greater than repulsion?
● Negative charges moved further away from the balloon due to repulsion
● Positive charges on the wall do experience an attractive force with the balloon
but they can’t move

Positive charges are currently closer to the balloon than are negative charges

Their attraction is greater than repulsion, as discussed


The force of
repulsion/attraction
depends on the distance
between two charges
… and they get weaker as
two charges are further
apart! Just like Gravity!
Coulomb's Law: Newton’s law of gravity but
for two charges
Charge 1
Charge 2

Think of:
1. Charge like mass
2. Coulomb’s constant as
Newton’s universal
constant of gravity

Electrostatic force
Distance between the
two charges squared

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