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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[–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

And the messed up thing is they both are pronounced opposite to the spelling.

You'd think "loose" would have the longer O sound, but "lose" does. 🤦

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