Could+I+live+without+static+electricity?


 * __COULD I LIVE WITHOUT STATIC ELECTRICITY?__**

Answer the question below, append new answers to the top of this page. _ __Response 1:__ It can be possible to live without static electricity, but it would mean a huge project to get static electricity out. According to //Science Made Simple,// how to eliminate Static Electricity is to turn up the humidity in the room. Water particles can actually break apart atoms and there wouldn't be much atoms to start an electrical build-up. Wait, let me explain how static electricity starts a build-up. Static Electricity is created when a friction between two objects. So when you rub a balloon against your head, electrons will travel, which will start an electrical build-up. The reasons why protons don't travel is because they have a more bigger mass than electrons do, so they can't move much. Static Electricity can be found when changing, as you take a sweater off of you, the sweater rubs off your hair and electrons will travel. So when they are full charged, they will shock you and that is static. So to live without Static Electricity will be hard, but you can still try to have moister areas, and even use fabric softener because that can soften the fabric and decrease the amount of static electricity. So If you could have moister areas, not a lot of rubbing and use moister clothing, static electricity will decrease.
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//__February 24, 2012__// Citation: http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/eliminatestaticelectricity.html http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html
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