Electrostatics #2

Electrostatics

As I stated in the previous blogpost, Electrostatics is the study of stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents. In the picture above, we see myself touching an electrostatic generator and because of the electricity surging through my body trying to find a way out my hair is starting to stick up. If I were to touch metal, which I did, I would be shocked, which I was, which was also not fun. This is an example of electrostatics because it demonstrates how electricity works, because my body is more of an insulator in this sense and because I am being charged by the generator when I touch metal, which has a completely different charge than I do, I will get shocked as the electricity transfers from my body to the chair and into the ground. 

Electrostatics

Electrostatics

Electrostatics: (n.) the study of stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents. 

Theory: in electrostatics the theory is that when a charged object comes into contact with another object that does not have an equal charge, the charges will try and become equal. Usually, when the charged object comes into contact with the unequally charged object, there is usually a spark. 

Picture: I chose the picture because it is an example of power surging through an unequally charged object, me. The reason my hair is standing is because the power is trying the quickest way out of my body into the ground, which is generally what electricity does, so it spreads out through my body to find the quickest outlet, evenly distributing itself. If I were to touch metal, which would provide an outlet, I would get shocked.