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Why should not a strongly charged body be brought very close to a gold-leaf electroscope?

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If a strongly charged body is brought very close to a gold-leaf electroscope, the amount of charge induced on the leaves of the electroscope will be very large. Then the divergence of the leaves may be large enough to detach them from the rod.
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