How does charge move from the inside to the outside of the butterfly-net?

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Homework Statement

'No charge is present on the inside surface of a charged hollow conductor'. In Faraday's butterfly net experiment, when the positively charged net is turned inside out, the outside is still charged. How does the charge move from the inside to the outside, and why?

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The Attempt at a Solution

Are electrons repelled by the like charged ions in air and so go to the inside of the net?

 

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(The net is made of metal)Yes, this is correct. When the positively charged net is turned inside out, the positive charge on the inside is attracted to the negatively charged air molecules, causing the electrons to move from the inside to the outside of the net. This process is known as electrostatic induction, and it occurs when an electric field is generated in a conductor due to the presence of a nearby object with an electric charge. The electrons that are repelled by the like-charged ions in the air will move to the inside of the net, while those attracted to the opposite charge will move to the outside. This creates a charge imbalance between the inside and outside of the net, resulting in a net charge on the outside.