We Finally Know What Creates Static Electricity, After Thousands of Years
We Finally Know What Creates Static Electricity, After Thousands of Years
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So simple.
We finally have an answer: The beginning and the end of the sliding motion that produces static electricity experience different forces – resulting in a charge differential between the front and the back that results in the crackle of static electricity.
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Can anybody smell static electricity? It’s got a very specific smell. Sort of sweet in a weird way.
That's probably ozone.
What you smell is ozone.
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