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a student rubs a plastic rod with a cloth the rod becomes positevly charged what has happened to the rod

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When a plastic rod is rubbed with a cloth, it becomes charged. Electrons are rubbed off the cloth and onto the rod by friction. This leaves the rod with a negative charge and leaves the cloth with a positive charge.