When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth, both get charged,: The silk gets positively charged and the rod gets negatively charged.
QuestionMy question is the following: When they are separated,How/why do these objects return to a more or less neutral state after some-time they loose the chargea certain amount of time. Why? GlassThe glass rod is negatively charged, that means electron are present in it, then where are thethere is a net surplus of electrons going. Where do they go?