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Induced Surface Charge on Conductors

There are several ways to demonstrate this effect, but the easiest to understand is the following: two uncharged, conducting spheres on insulating stands are placed in contact with one another. A suitably charged object is brought near one of the spheres, creating a charge separation (a net opposite charge accumulating on the closer of the two spheres, and a net like charge on the more distant sphere). If the spheres are now separated, they will remain charged opposite to each other, even when the original object is removed.

Induced Surface Charge on Conductors