Static Electricity

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• What does electron affinity measure?
• How does static friction differ from kinetic friction?
• How does static electricity change the charges of an object?
• How does static electricity affect hair?
• How do static electricity and electric discharge differ?
• How does friction work in static electricity?
• Can static electricity and electric current occur simultaneously in the same object?
• How does static electricity form?
• What are the properties of static electricity?
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• If two pieces of ebonite are rubbed with fur, how will they react toward each other?
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• What is an #"ebonite rod"# ?
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• Why does a plastic ruler rubbed on hair loses electrons and gets a positive charge?
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• What happens when you bring a negatively charged object close to a neutral pith ball?
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• Physicists talk about the electron in a hydrogen atom being in an “energy well”. Explain why the difference in energy, ∆E, is negative. What does a negative ∆E represent?