Electrostatics has many applications in everyday life. Static electricity causes small shocks when getting in and out of cars or rolling over in bed. It also causes crackling sounds when taking off pullovers and allows paper to stick to rubbed pens. Other applications include electrostatic dust collectors in chimneys, paint spraying using static charge, cleaning vinyl records, and photocopiers using static charge to apply toner to paper. Capacitors store static electric charge and are used in electronics like radios. Care must be taken to avoid static buildup during fueling due to risk of sparks and explosions.
Electrostatics has many applications in everyday life. Static electricity causes small shocks when getting in and out of cars or rolling over in bed. It also causes crackling sounds when taking off pullovers and allows paper to stick to rubbed pens. Other applications include electrostatic dust collectors in chimneys, paint spraying using static charge, cleaning vinyl records, and photocopiers using static charge to apply toner to paper. Capacitors store static electric charge and are used in electronics like radios. Care must be taken to avoid static buildup during fueling due to risk of sparks and explosions.
Electrostatics has many applications in everyday life. Static electricity causes small shocks when getting in and out of cars or rolling over in bed. It also causes crackling sounds when taking off pullovers and allows paper to stick to rubbed pens. Other applications include electrostatic dust collectors in chimneys, paint spraying using static charge, cleaning vinyl records, and photocopiers using static charge to apply toner to paper. Capacitors store static electric charge and are used in electronics like radios. Care must be taken to avoid static buildup during fueling due to risk of sparks and explosions.
Question: Describe briefly two applications of electrostatic phenomenon in everyday life.
Answer: When you take off a pullover over a nylon shirt there is a crackling sound A pen rubbed with a piece of cloth will pick up small pieces of paper A television screen easily collects dust You sometimes get a small electric shock when getting out of a car If you roll over in bed you can sometimes see small flashes of light between the sheets You can sometimes get a small electric shock from a cat that has rolled on a synthetic carpet In a thunder storm there are huge flashes of lightning ook covering film can be difficult to work with !ther detailed applications ". A charged mesh in a chimney acts as an electrostatic dust collector# cleaning the smoke. $. %aint sprays can be charged and the ob&ect they are spraying earthed to attract the paint towards it. '. (inyl records have to be cleaned to remove the static charge that builds upon their surface. ). %eople thought that static electricity was the cause of car sickness until it was remembered that a static charge can only be on the outside of a hollow conductor like a car. *. %hotocopiers work by a charged sheet attracting fine carbon powder to make the image +. It can be shown that a water molecule is polar , that is it has one positive end and one negative one. A stream of water can be deflected by a charged polythene rod placed nearby -. .apacitors A capacitor stores static charge , in its simplest form it is two plates that are separated by air. /ore charge can be stored by increasing the area of the plates# putting them closer together or using another insulator instead of air. In a practical capacitor the plates are usually rolled up with paper insulation in between them. In a radio receiver a variable capacitor with moveable plates is used as the tuner. 0. %eople must take care when emptying oil tankers and refuelling aircraft to avoid a build up of static charge due to friction that could make a spark and result in an e1plosion. 2. %roblems and uses of cling film "3. 4ellotape sticking to everything e1cept what you want it to when you pull it off the roll