Charging by conduction with and odd net charge? Hello, I've just
got a quick question about charging an object by conduction.
I've been studying for my final and I came across a problem that
I can't really see how to solve. Say you have two conducting
spheres, A and B. They are both exactly the same in every way
except for their electric charge. Say A is electrically neutral
and B has a charge of -3e. Now what happens when they touch? I
was under the impression that when they come into contact they
would share the charge equally, but you can't have a charge of
-(3/2)e. So what happens? Thanks, and happy physics!!