A leaf electroscope is a simple apparatus to detect any charge on a body. It consists of two metal
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Date: 26/01/2020

A leaf electroscope is a simple apparatus to detect any charge on a body. It consists of two metal leaves OA and OB, free to rotate about O. Initially both are very slightly separated. When a charged object is touched to the metal knob at the top of the conducting rod, charge flows knob to the leaves through the conducting rod. As the leaves are now charges similarly, they start repelling each other and get separated, (deflected by certain angle). The angle of deflection in static equilibrium is an indicator of the amount of charge on the charged body. When a + 20 C rod is touched to the knob, the deflection of leaves was `5^(@)`, and when an identical rod of -40 C is touched, the direction was found to be `9^(@)`. If an identical rod of +30 C is touched, then the deflection may be :