Timeline for Why do protons end up on the side of sphere since they cannot move?
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| Mar 27, 2023 at 1:05 | comment | added | John Doty | @Leen Your textbook is showing the net charge. There are actually nuclei and electrons everywhere. The charge is, in practice, only slightly out of balance. | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 0:52 | comment | added | Allure | @Leen that's an incorrect statement, yes. The electrons move, but the protons (aka atoms) don't, since they are locked in place by the lattice. | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 0:31 | comment | added | Leen | Hi Farcher, thank you for your response. Is it wrong to say that the protons get repelled to the right side of the sphere? The textbook that I referred to shows positive charges only on the right side. | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 9:41 | history | answered | Farcher | CC BY-SA 4.0 |