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Charging by Friction

Gareth56
in Classical Physics

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I understand that rubbing a glass rod with silk leave the glass rod with a positive charge and rubbing rubber/PVC rod with fur gives the rod a negative charge.

 

So if you wanted a rubber rod to become positively charged would you rub it with silk?

 

Why do some materials accept electrons better than others as in the case of silk and fur?

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