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Explain the working of electroscope.
An electroscope is an instrument that is used to detect that a body is charged or not. It works on the principle that like charges repel while unlike charges attract each other. It consists of 2 metal leaves which are connected to a metal rod which in turn is connected to a disc.
Whenever an object strikes the electroscope which has a positive charge, the same positive charge will be conducted to the leaves. These leaves are metallic and as they carry the same charge so they repel each other. When the leaves move away from each other this means the object is a charged body and if they come close to each other this implies the object is uncharged.
Whenever an object strikes the electroscope which has a positive charge, the same positive charge will be conducted to the leaves. These leaves are metallic and as they carry the same charge so they repel each other. When the leaves move away from each other this means the object is a charged body and if they come close to each other this implies the object is uncharged.
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