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.
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