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Physical Chemistry

A metallic particle having no net charge is placed near a finite metal plate carrying a positive charge. The electric force on the particle will be

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12 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Anuj patel
8 Years ago
Towards the plate.Since the charge on the metal conductor is distributed in two oppositely charged halves due to the influence of the large metal plate charge , so the plate attracts the negative half of the metallic particle facing towards the plate.
Profile image of Swastik Mukherjee
7 Years ago
It should be 0 as it is said a particle...not  a sphere so there can't possible be any polarizations as a particle does not have any dimensional... So due to 0 net charge  and no polarization the force experienced is 0