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  • Static cling of clothes out of the dryer
  • Balloons sticking to hair and clothes
  • Rubbing your feet on a carpet and receiving a shock on a doorknob
  • Recently used comb can attract small bits of paper or lint
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Why can static electricity not to be used to run a television?

static electricity is static electricity


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.


What are some real life examples of electric charge?

Static electricity, lightning, and the electricity used to power appliances are all electric charges.


What is the term used to describe the build up of electrical charges on an object due to friction?

The term used to describe the build up of electric charge on a non-conductive material due to friction is static electricity.


Why is static electricity not widly used by people?

Will it is stationary


What is the instrument that is used to detect static charge?

An electroscope is an instrument used to detect static electricity.


What are grounding mats used for?

Grounding mats are used when working on electronic components to drain off static electricity. Static electricity develops high voltages (the spark that jumps from your hand to a doorknob in winter is static electricity) and these voltages can damage sensitive electronics.


What are the devices that are static electricity?

If you mean the name of the machine used to create static electricity - it's called a 'van de graaff' generator.


Why isn't static electricity used to power to appliance?

electricity is something that causes shocks


How static electricity is used in cleaning polluted air?

Static electricity attracts dust, soot, and other pollutants form passing air or smoke.


What natural resources is used to make electricity?

coal and static electricity like sparks


How are static and current electricity obtained?

Typically, movement is used to obtain electricity of the static or current varieties. Rubbing two dissimilar objects together has been used to create a difference in the distribution of charge (static electricity). Current electricity is typically made by a dynamo or generator: a wire is moved through a magnetic field.