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Article #9792Re: HELP!
From: Jeff DePolo
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 1991 03:15
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 1991 03:15
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In article <1991Jan28.230849.29818@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> sbrack@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Steven S. Brack) writes: >>A Van de Graff generator produces STATIC electricity. STATIC electricity is >>far less dangerous than conventional electricity, partly due to the very low >>currents that are present. The other is the fact that STATIC electricity >>tends to remain on the surface of an object as stored charges. > >Static electricity <> "conventional" electricity ????? > >Does this mean that still water & running water are different substances >as well? Maybe a better way to laymanize it is to say that static electricity is just that - STATIC electricity. That is, electricity that isn't moving, which is just an electric charge. When you touch something, it moves, i.e. the charge is moving, and becomes a current. --- Jeff -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jeff DePolo N3HBZ Twisted Pair: (215) 386-7199 depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu RF: 146.685- 442.70+ 144.455s (Philadelphia) University of Pennsylvania Carrier Pigeon: 420 S. 42nd St. Phila PA 19104
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!depolo From: depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,alt.sex Subject: Re: HELP! Message-ID: <36489@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 29 Jan 91 03:15:12 GMT References: <2011@fornax.UUCP> <1991Jan26.162913.1905@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1991Jan28.190057.1874@sj.ate.slb.com> <1991Jan28.230849.29818@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 22