You rub two insulators against each other and attain a charge imbalance. Is there a rule as to which of the materials will end up with a negative charge and vice versa? Does it depend on which one has more or less lose valence electrons?

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[–] 4 points 7 months ago

To be fair, they both have the same root origin. Even native speakers get it wrong often.

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