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  2. Electrostatic induction - Wikipedia

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    When the contact with ground is broken, the object is left with a net negative charge. This method can be demonstrated using a gold-leaf electroscope, which is an instrument for detecting electric charge. The electroscope is first discharged, and a charged object is then brought close to the instrument's top terminal.

  3. Triboelectric effect - Wikipedia

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    The triboelectric effect (also known as triboelectricity, triboelectric charging, triboelectrification, or tribocharging) describes electric charge transfer between two objects when they contact or slide against each other. It can occur with different materials, such as the sole of a shoe on a carpet, or between two pieces of the same material.

  4. Inductive charging - Wikipedia

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    Inductive charging is also used in vehicles, power tools, electric toothbrushes, and medical devices. The portable equipment can be placed near a charging station or inductive pad without needing to be precisely aligned or make electrical contact with a dock or plug. Inductive charging is named so because it transfers energy through inductive ...

  5. Conductive charging - Wikipedia

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    Contact-based accessories may include changeable backs for cellular phones, special sleeves, or attachable clips. The charging bases are designed to identify a compatible receiver and only power up when it's detected to avoid risk of electrocution. [2] Open Dots is a specification for such charging pads and receivers using contacts instead of ...

  6. Faraday's ice pail experiment - Wikipedia

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    Contact electrification produces equal charges [ edit ] The "charge summing" property of Faraday's pail can be used to prove that contact electrification ( triboelectricity ), charging objects by rubbing or touching them together, produces equal and opposite charges.

  7. Electrophorus - Wikipedia

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    Charge conservation while using an electrophorus.. Charge in the universe is conserved. The electrophorus simply separates positive and negative charges. A positive or negative charge ends up on the metal plate (or other storage conductor), and the opposite charge is stored in another object after grounding (in the earth or the person touching the metal plate).

  8. Ohmic contact - Wikipedia

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    An ohmic contact is a non-rectifying electrical junction: a junction between two conductors that has a linear current–voltage (I–V) curve as with Ohm's law.Low-resistance ohmic contacts are used to allow charge to flow easily in both directions between the two conductors, without blocking due to rectification or excess power dissipation due to voltage thresholds.

  9. Wireless power transfer - Wikipedia

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    Inductive charging pad for a smartphone as an example of near-field wireless transfer. When the phone is set on the pad, a coil in the pad creates a magnetic field [1] which induces a current in another coil, in the phone, charging its battery. Generic block diagram of a wireless power system