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we do get electric shocks as when we hold a peice of electric wire in our hands and when the electricity switched on, the electrons get transferred through us in the free air. if we hold a peice of cutted wire in both our hands (one hand holding one hand and the other holding another end ) and we complete the circuit and switch the electricity on, nothing will happen but at the point where we leave the wire from our hands, we will get n electric shock.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoOther than upset your heart beat and kill you the reaction of your muscles being shocked can cause a violent, uncontrollable physical movement and you may cause damage to nearby objects and physical damage to your body.
Electric shock can also cause internal damage to tissues by heating, and can cause external burns on the skin.
As stated above, muscles react violently, even enough to tear tendons and ligaments.
More people are killed by jerking and falling off the ladder or roof or involuntarily moving into the path of operating machinery than are killed by the actual electricity!
That's why electricians are taught never to stand directly behind or beside someone working on a live circuit. Many black eyes and worse have resulted from just such a situation!
At 1 milliamperes (.001 A) shock will be felt.
At 10 milliamperes (.01 A) loss of muscle control
At 100 milliamperes (.1 A) heart stops, normally fatal if contact lasts 1 second or more
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