Electrical – Ability to push and pull objects (theory)

push-pull

So, I do not know much about electricty but it has always been interesting to me. (Especially solar cells) but negative is attracted to postive, etc.

So couldn't you theoretically have an "object" in your hand with postive energy and a "object 2" with negative energy like 1+ feet away from you that attact each other so the "object 2" would be pulled closer. (I assume the stronger the differnce in postive/negative energy the stronger the positive attraction)

I also assume I am not the only one who thought of this so is it hard to lose/gain electrons without touching the object? Just was an interesting thought I had. (As said I don't know much about this stuff, I've just learned about how electrons flow and free electrons" so I was curious.

Best Answer

You can have two objects with opposite charge and they will indeed attract each other, or two objects with the same charge which will repel each other. This is known as Coulombs law and the force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance apart.

see the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulomb%27s_law

It is the reason your hair is attracted to your comb if you comb your hair on a cold dry day, or balloons can be made to stick to your jumper after rubbing them together.