Can a comb conduct electricity?

You can observe static electricity if you run a plastic comb through your hair, then place the comb near small pieces of paper. When a comb is run through your hair charges pass between your hair and the comb, so the comb becomes charged either positively or negatively, and the hair oppositely charged.

Can a conductor hold a charge?

Conductors allow for charge transfer through the free movement of electrons. In contrast to conductors, insulators are materials that impede the free flow of electrons from atom to atom and molecule to molecule.

How electric charge is produced when we comb our hair?

If you comb your hair, for example, electrons leave the atoms and molecules in your hair and travel to the plastic comb. The comb, covered in negatively charged electrons, becomes negatively charged as well, and your hair is left with a positive charge.

When a comb is rubbed against hair force generated in it is?

This is because the comb gets charged when it is rubbed. This charge that is created when two objects are rubbed against each other is called static electricity.

What happens when a charged insulator touches a conductor?

If you have an insulator that’s charged up with a negative charge, and you touch a conductor, the negatively charged excess electrons will move to the conductor until the electrons would rather not move anywhere at all. The electrons on the conductors will move from the conductors to the insulator.

Why does a comb become positively charged?

When rubbing one material against another, electrons are rubbed from one material and on to the other. The material that gains electrons becomes negatively charged while the material losing electrons becomes positively charged. The comb is positively charged implying the hair should be negatively charged.

What is the charging process being performed when a you comb your hair such that the comb will become a charged object and will attract piece of a paper?

Charging by induction. The comb has become charged by friction, acquiring an excess of electrons.