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A piece of red-hot charcoal is brought close to the cap of a negatively charged electroscope, Explain what is observed
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A piece of red-hot charcoal is brought close to the cap of a negatively charged electroscope, Explain what is observed
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The leaf collapsed / Electroscope discharged.
The red hot charcoal ionizes the air around which neutralizes the negative charges on the electroscope.
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