To explain:The reason of flunging off the tiny plastic spheres in different directions as soon as they touch the rod.
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Introduction:
The electrostatic force is the attractive or repulsive force between the electrically charged particles. There will be a force of attraction acting between the unlike charges and force of repulsion between the like charges.
The plastic spheres are electrically neutral. Hence, they firstly get attracted towards the charged rod. As soon as the spheres touch the rod, they get the same charge as that of the rod. Hence there will be repulsion between the rod and the spheres and they get flung off from the rod in different directions.
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