A charged gold leaf electroscope has its leaves apart by certain amount having enclosed air When the electroscope is - Physics - Electric Charges and Fields

Question

A charged gold leaf electroscope has its leaves apart by certain
amount having enclosed air When the electroscope is subjected to X
rays then the leaves 1 Further dilate 2 Start oscillating 3
Collapse 4 Remain unaltered

Pintu B. · Accepted Answer

Dear Student ,
The leaves of the gold leaf electroscope will collapse as X rays do
not contain will contain any charge and leaves will soon start to
discharge
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A charged gold leaf electroscope has its leaves apart by certain amount having enclosed air. When the electroscope is subjected to X rays then the leaves 1. Further dilate 2. Start oscillating 3. Collapse 4. Remain unaltered