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Static electricity occurs when an electrical charge builds up due to friction between two different objects such as clouds and other clouds or a balloon and a jumper.
Three ways to build up static electricity are:
A) Shuffling your feet around on carpet.
B) Blow up a balloon and tie it up then rub the balloon on your jumper
C) Spread a small amount of salt and pepper onto a table until it is thinly laid out .Rub a plastic spoon with a wool cloth in only one direction. Bring the spoon down slowly over the salt and pepper until it is almost touching .Watch as the salt and pepper particles fly up to the spoon and stick to it due to static electricity.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoFirst method is just by rubbing. This is named as frictional electricity
By second method we can touch a metallic conductor by a charged insulating rod. Now the metal would collect those charges. This is charging by CONDUCTION
Third method. As we bring a charged rod (say +ve) near by a metallic conductor then by induction we get the positive and negative get separated in the metallic ball. Now as touch the ball then positive charges would alone be drained out.
Now as remove the rod from the vicinity then whole metallic ball remains negatively charged
This is charging by INDUCTION
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List three ways that static electricity can be discharged Give an example for each?
1. Increase the humidity in the room. Water is a good conductor and this will disperse the charge. 2. Touch the charged object/person to a ground. This is something that is directly connected to the ground (hence the name). 3. Use a barrier or blocking materiel that would stop static electricity from building from friction. This could be a non-conductor like cotton, rubber, or a fabric softner.
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Heat can be transferred by what?
There are three ways in which heat can be transferred from one surface to another. These three ways are conduction, convection and radiation.
What are three ways that heat transfers from hot objects to cool objects?
The three ways are: radiation, conduction, and convection.
What does the term static mean when referring to static electricity?
The term "Static electricity" has several different meanings:1. A field of science also known as "electrostatics"2. Electrical phenomena involving high voltage at low or zero current.3. Any Electric charge4. An imbalance of electric charge occurring on the surface of objects5. Charge-imbalances created by contact between dissimilar insulatorsWhat is static electricity? Well, in order to answer this question, first you have to pick which one you mean.ANSWER 1"Electrostatics" is a field of science where we study electric charge, electric fields, and the electric part of the electromagnetic force. Under this definition, "Static electricity" is a science like biology or chemistry, and we find static electricity inside textbooks and classrooms. Note that Static Electricity is not the study of unmoving charges, since flowing charges still involve e-fields and forces. And a frozen snapshot of electric current is certainly an electrostatic situation.ANSWER 2"Static electricity" is a group of electrical events which humans have grouped together. It's a "phenomena class" rather than a substance or energy. Whenever high voltage is involved, we will expect to see electrostatic attraction and repulsion as well as sparking. The attraction and repulsion are electrostatic phenomena, so they are the static electricity. Is this confusing? Analogy: in the same way that rocks and floods and volcanos are "geology," lightning bolts, fur-rubbed plastic, and attracted lint are "static electricity." So if we break open a rock, we won't find any geology inside, since the rocks ARE geology. In the same way, lightning bolts don't have any static electricity inside. Scuffing your shoes on the rug IS the static electricity. There are no divisions in nature between different kinds of events, so in the same way that humans have created the idea called "geology," humans created "static electricity."ANSWER 3Historically in science, the term "electricity" was used to mean "any electric charge." In later decades after electrical currents were discovered, scientists added the word "static" to differentiate between charge versus charge-flow.ANSWER 4If a metal conductor is connected to a source of high voltage, then the surface of that conductor aquires a region of strong charge-imbalance. This imbalance is often called "static electricity," although a better name for it would be "surface charge" or simply "charge."ANSWER 5There are several ways to create imbalances of charge: batteries, generators, and contact between dissimilar insulators. Traditionally we call the charges produced by batteries and generators by the name "charge." But also traditionally we call the surface charges produced by contact (or by 'friction,') by the name "static electricity." Note the imbalances created by contact are not different than those created by high-voltage power supplies. Charge is charge. Michael Faraday discovered this fact in 1832.MYTHSOur understanding of simple electrical science is hindered by widespread myths, some of which appear in children's science books. Here's one myth: "There are only two kinds of electricity, 'Static' and 'Current.'" This statement is wrong. It's probably a corruption of Electrodynamics science versus Electrostatics science. While there certainly are two fields of Electrical Science involving Statics and Dynamics, there is no such substance or energy called "static electricity." Another myth: "When electricity stops moving and becomes static, then it makes hair rise, causes sparks, ozone stink, and crackling sounds." Wrong. When charges exist at HIGH VOLTAGE, then we see sparks and rising hair, etc. Crackling sounds and ozone stinks are caused by charges existing at high voltage, not by charges which have stopped moving.AnswerSimply put, static electricity is a "flavor" of contact electrification. It is usually tucked into a phenomenon called triboelectric effect, which is the primary cause of most of it. Let's have just a quick look. Anyone who has pulled some kitchen plastic wrap off the roll has participated in an experiment with contact electrification. The simple act of separating the plastic from the roll causes electrons to move. It gives them enough energy to do so, and they are "redistributed" across the plastic. The plastic is an insulator, and it will not permit these separated charges to return to where they came from. And those electrons now attract the "positive places" where they came from. That's why the plastic wants to "fold up" on itself. It's just that simple.Shuffling across the rug on an arid day and reaching for the door knob sometimes gives us a jolt. We've again shifted some charges with the friction of our feet, and those charges want to neutralize themselves when we get near that knob. There are a few thousand volts there, by the way. Really. Not much current, but lots of volts. How else could the air atoms and molecules be ionized to create the arc that becomes the conduction path to neutralize that charge? High voltage.Lightning is a dramatic form of static electricity that occurs in nature. Moving air separates charges, and they collect here and there until the difference of potential (the voltage, or electromagnetic force) becomes so high that there is no way to insulate the charges from each other. Zap! They act to neutralize themselves.We done some explaining and cited some examples. All we need to do is add some links. You'll find them below.
How do you build up static charge?
on yourself: on a dry (not humid) day (usually in winter), rub your feet wearing synthetic soled shoes, on the carpet, your body will build up static charge which you can discharge by grounding to other objects. you can build a static charge on a plastic rod by rubbing it with fur. air masses build static charges by rubbing against each other. these are just a few ways.
Name three ways a static charge is made?
Well 1 way is by rubbing 2 objects together but the other reasons I have yet to find out
What three ways charge may be transferred?
the three ways that charge may be transferred are through friction,charge polarization, and grounding.
What are three ways static electricity be produced?
charging by friction, charging by conduction, and charging by induction.
What are three ways to think of characters in relation to real people?
There are round character,dynamic character and static character
Describe ways in which objects acquire an electrostatic charge?
one way in which objects acquire static charge is by friction against two objects which charges the atoms creating static charges/electricity. e.g put on some work boots and sit on a chair and rub them against the carpet hard and quickly so they gain static charge. then whilst still rubbind touch something metal like a pole.
What are three ways you can take charge in your health?
Three ways you can take charge of your life: * don't do drugs, * keep your body healthy, * and stay out of dangerous behavior.
What are the three ways heat energy moves?
a buildup of electrons on an object is called a blank charge
What are all the ways to get rid of trash?
I know three: build a compost pile; burn it; or recycle it
In what ways is static electricity useful explain a practical use?
Static Electricity is very useful in many things we use in our everyday life. For instance, Photocopiers use static electricity to give the image or text a charge. The toner and the image have opposite charges because opposite charges attract. Static Electricity is also used in the ink. It makes the ink attracted to the places in which the information we need to be printed on the paper not where its supposed to stay white.
How is Harry Potter static?
Harry Potter is static in very few ways through the entire series. The main way he remains static, unchanging, is his devotion to good.
5 examples of static electricity?
1) Electrostatic precipitation uses static electricity and an electrical charge to filter air pollution by charging harmful particles so they are attracted to collection plates. 2) In electronics and industry, static electricity is used in capacitors in a number of ways for various applications.
