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Why a copper rod cannot be charged by friction, if held by hand?

Class 8CBSEScienceChapter: Some Natural Phenomena
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Copper is a conducting object, as soon as it gets charged by rubbing with another material, the electric charge produced on its surface flow through our hand & body into the earth and it remains uncharged.

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