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eletroscópio

electroscope

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Charge placed on the metal cap spreads to the stem and the gold leaf of the electroscope. en.wikipedia.org

The white-hot metal emitted electrons to the terminal, which of course neutralized the electroscope's positive charge, causing the leafs to come together. hackaday.com

The charge is held in the top of the electroscope terminal by the attraction of the inducing charge. en.wikipedia.org

This type of electroscope usually acts as an indicator and not a measuring device, although it can be calibrated. en.wikipedia.org

A negatively charged electroscope can't be discharged this way though, since the hot metal emits electrons only, i.e. negative charge. hackaday.com

The electroscope can also be charged without touching it to a charged object, by electrostatic induction. en.wikipedia.org

It had been observed that an electroscope in a vessel at earth potential gradually lost its charge, even if very carefully insulated, due to the ionization of the air. en.wikipedia.org

This method can be demonstrated using a gold-leaf electroscope, which is an instrument for detecting electric charge. en.wikipedia.org

The electroscope is first discharged, and a charged object is then brought close to the instrument's top terminal. en.wikipedia.org

His intuition was that the tongue of copper wire was vibrating just like a leave of an electroscope; which means that there was an electrostatic effect. en.wikipedia.org

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