static electricity (science)

                           

AIM : At the end I want to know what static electricity is about and what is the meaning.
         

Equipment
balloon
hair

Static Electricity

The right arrow : opposite charges attract

Balloon : Negatively charged balloon

Left arrow : Like charges repel

EXPLANATION :The meaning of the picture above which is the static electricity it what makes your hair stand end when you pull on a polyester T shirt. It happen because of  tiny particles called "ATOMS". Atoms contain even tinier particles called electrons that carry a negative electric charge. These orbit a positively charged nucleus but can break away. The surfaces of some objects such as balloons, steal electrons, from other surfaces and the extra electrons make them negatively charged. We usually think of electricity as flowing through something but when electrons build with no circuit for them to flow along they create static electricity.

So the reason why the balloon makes your hair stand its because electrons is inside the balloon when you see in the picture there are sign those negative sign in the balloon so that called electron. The positive sign called proton so it contains together then the electron and proton mix and moved and then it form 'STATIC ELECTRICITY"


Results
Hair Balloon

If you rub your hair on a balloon electrons are transferred from your to the balloon.This gives your hair a positive charge and a balloon a negative charge . Particles with opposite charges and attracted to each other , so your will stick  to the balloon. Individual hairs will separate out because they are all positive and particles with the same kind of charge repel each other.