After combing hair, Sameer kept the comb on the table where some pieces of paper were thrown and what he observed was that the plastic comb attracted small pieces of paper. He was surprised to see that and asked his teacher about it, his teacher then explained Sameer about charged particles in matter that electrically charged object can attract an uncharged object, i.e., on rubbing with dry hair, a comb gets an electric charge and that attracted the pieces of paper.

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