# Would an object with a high positive charge attract an object with a low positive charge?

I know that all charged objects attract neutral objects, but, for example, would an object with half of its electrons removed attract an object with one or two electrons removed?

• Except for one special condition spheres can be made to attract if they are close enough to one another. rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royprsa/468/2145/… May 17 '17 at 15:41
• sounds interesting but could you explain? May 17 '17 at 16:08
• The very last sentence of the abstract states that opposite sign charges are induced on one of the spheres and so there is a net attractive force because the attractive forces between opposite charges are larger than the repulsive forces between same charges. May 17 '17 at 16:29

No, because force between two charges is $$Kq_1q_2/r^2$$, with $$K>0$$. When this quantity is negative, the force is attractive; when it is positive, it will be repulsive. So, as you can see, the attractive/repulsive nature o force depends on the nature of charge and not the magnitude. So, two positive charges will always repell each other.