Static Electricity

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Static Electricity

• 10/23/07

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Static means

• Still, or not moving.
• So Static electricity is electricity that is not
  moving.

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Electricity is

• The moving of electrons.

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Conductors vs. Insulators

• Some materials hold their electrons tight.
• Some hold them loosely
• Materials that hold electrons tight are good
  Insulators
• Materials that loosely hold electrons are good
  Conductors of electricity.

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Charges

• Electrons are negatively charged.
• Protons are Positively charged.
• Neutrons are Neutral.
• Opposites attract.

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Examples

• Lightening
• Clothing sticking together out of the drier.
• Plastic wrap
• Getting shocked by a door handle
• Van de Graaf generators.

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