Then hold the comb close to the papers. The papers will tend to get attached to the comb. Well, all these phenomena are due to transfer of charges from one object to the other. The study of static charges is called static electricity. All of us know that matter is made up of atoms.
Electrons are electrically negative and the protons are electrically positive charges.
Like charges repel each other where as unlike charges attract each other. Charging by conduction and induction 3. We have seen in earlier chapters how matter is made up of different atoms. The atoms are bound to each other by electron bonding. The electrons move around between atoms holding or bonding them.