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Ch. 21 - Contrast the net charge on a conductor to the free...Ch. 21 - Figures 217 and 218 show how a charged rod placed...Ch. 21 - When an electroscope is charged, the two leaves...Ch. 21 - The form of Coulombs law is very similar to that...Ch. 21 - We are not normally aware of the gravitational or...Ch. 21 - Is the electric force a conservative force? 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