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Can a positively charged and negatively charged object charge by conducting? If so, is it possible to make a neutral charge again?
 
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Cheesycheese213 said:
Can a positively charged and negatively charged object charge by conducting? If so, is it possible to make a neutral charge again?

This appears to be a straight forward static electricity case.

Hold a positively-charged object near the isolated conductor. Ground the conductor. Remove the connection to ground, and THEN remove the positively-charged object. Now the conductor is negatively charged.

Similarly procedure to charge the conductor positively.

To make the conductor neutral again, ground it.

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