{"id":2139,"date":"2020-10-20T20:35:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T20:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2139"},"modified":"2024-01-24T02:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T02:04:29","slug":"static-electricity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/static-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Static Electricity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2139\" class=\"elementor elementor-2139\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a75fc7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a75fc7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2171 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/introduction-to-electricity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is electricity?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2170 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/static-electricity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Static Electricity?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2169 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/current-electricity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Current Electricity?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2168 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/insulation-and-conduction\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Conduction and Insulation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2167 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/electrical-circuit\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Electrical Circuit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2166 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/series-circuit\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Series Circuit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2165 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/parallel-circuit\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Parallel Circuit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2164 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/short-circuit\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Short Circuit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2172 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/circuit-protection\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Circuit Protection<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5687d31 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Static Charge is the transfer of an electron from a negatively charged object to a positively charged object in an electric field. It is a charge (not a current) because there is no flow of electrons, and there is no path for the electrons to flow along.<\/p><p>When non-conductive materials (plastic, rubber, and glass) are rubbed against each other, there is usually a transfer of electrons. This transfer results in an imbalance of charges between the two materials.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_2202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2202\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/experiment-on-electric-charge.jpg\" alt=\"Balloon and wool blanket charge experiment\" width=\"300\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/experiment-on-electric-charge.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/experiment-on-electric-charge-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balloon and wool blanket charge experiment<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Here is a simple experiment you can do to see how static charge works<\/p><p><b>Materials:<\/b><br \/>Balloon, tiny cuts of paper, and a wool blanket<\/p><p><b>Step 1<\/b><br \/>Hover the inflated balloon over the pieces of paper. Nothing happens.<\/p><p><b>Step 2<\/b><br \/>Now rub the balloon over the wool or blanket for a few seconds.<\/p><p><b>Step 3<\/b><br \/>Hover the balloon over the pieces of paper again. This time the piece of paper will be attracted to the balloon and remain stuck on it.<\/p><p>Why did that happen?<\/p><p>Before the experiment, the charges in the balloon and paper were in balance. That is why it neither attracted nor repelled the pieces of paper.<\/p><p>By rubbing the balloon on the wool, the friction between the two surfaces (balloon and wool) produces heat energy. The energy in the balloon causes the negatively charged electrons to move more freely. Some electrons were discharged (jumped) from your wool into the balloon. The wool now has fewer negative charges, and the balloon has more negative charges.<\/p><p>When you place the balloon close to the pieces of paper, they attract each other because the balloon is now negatively charged while the paper is positively charged.<\/p><p>Like charges repel each other and unlike charges attract each other.<\/p><p><b>Lightning<\/b><\/p><p>Lightning is simply a powerful electric charge. When rain clouds form, the ice particles and water droplets in the clouds rub vigorously against each other, losing lots of electric charge. When other lighter clouds with more charges come into contact with the rain clouds, electrons are discharged (transferred into the rain clouds). 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