Induction Loads Example

Matter constantly seeks states of energy balance, the case of electric charges is not the exception since when an electrically charged body approaches another with neutral charge or with different charge, and these seek a state of electrical equilibrium distributing between both, in such a way that neither of them has more electrical charge than the other.

This phenomenon by which an object is electrically charged by being in proximity to another is called induction loads.

It is not necessary for bodies to come into contact, to come close enough for them to induction loads go from one body to another, or it is enough.

Depending on the type of charge that the bodies have, the trip of electrons will be, if a body with a neutral charge approaches one with a positive charge, the electrons travel from the neutral towards the positive one, leaving both bodies charged positively.

If a negatively charged body approaches a neutrally charged one, the electrons travel from negative to neutral, leaving both bodies negatively charged or neutrally charged.

If two bodies with charges of different sign approach, the electrons travel from the negatively charged body to the positively charged one.

Examples of induction charges:

When a person becomes electrically charged by friction with air or with some type of material and approaches another person, it emits an electric shock due to the difference in charges between the two, this shock occurs before people touch. The same happens when you approach a rail or a metal piece that is in contact with the ground.

When it rains the clouds get a negative charge due to friction with the air, when this is large enough passes from the clouds to the ground which has a neutral charge producing lightning strikes.