Since the dome of the Van de Graaf carries a positive charge, it has an excess of electrons.?

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Since the dome of the Van de Graaf carries a positive charge, it has an excess of electrons.?

Since the dome of the Van de Graaf carries a positive charge, it has an excess of electrons.
True or False

2007-09-21 15:26:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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Well electrons have a negative charge....sooo

False

2007-09-21 15:30:37 · answer #1 · answered by BP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

False. Since each electron has a negative charge, an excess of them in one place would give that place a negative charge. A positive charge indicates a loss of electrons, or an excess of "holes" as they are sometimes described.

2007-09-21 15:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by Wes B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Electrons are NEGATIVE.

2007-09-21 15:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋