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Are lightning rod or plastic better metal lightning rods?
For a lightning conductor, we need an electrical conductor, so the iron would be superior.
How and when does a tree becomes a conductor of lightning?
during a thunderstorm, the electric charge built up in the clouds becomes unbalanced. to become balanced again it disperses the energy to whatever it is closest to or a good conductor. (such as a lightning rod or a tree) sort of like a giant static shock.
How did lightning rod improve people lives?
The lightning rod (USA), lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod that is placed on the top of tall buildings. A metal cable or strap connects the conductor to another metal rod sunk deep into the earth. The principle is that should lightning strike the building, it is attracted to the conductor and travels down the cable to be dissipated safely into the earth - so saving the building from lightning damage. Wooden building used to burn down under stikes from lightening. The lighten rod (Ben Franklin) gives the electricity a easy path to the ground instead of a heat-producing path through wood.
How do you protect buildings from lightning?
By getting it to strike something else instead. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning Rod to do this. It diverts the lightning to the earth through a good metal conductor when placed higher than the house and planted in the earth/ground.
Why the top of a lightning rod is made sharply pointed?
to concentrate the electric field there, making it easier to breakdown the air dielectric and discharge accumulated atmospheric electric charge.
Is a carbon rod a conductor or insulator?
As regards electrical conduction, if the carbon rod is graphite, it's a conductor. If the carbon rod is diamond, it's an insulator. We have to specify the allotrope of carbon used to make the rod to discover whether it's an insulator or conductor.
Who invented lightning arrester?
Lightning arrester or lightning rod is a rod paired with a conductor. The lightning arrester was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1749.
Where does the excess charge on a copper rod flow to if you don't use an insulator?
If you connect the rod with a conductor, part of the charge will flow to the conductor.
Is a carbon rod an insulator?
A carbon rod may be an insulator or a conductor. It depends on which allotrope of carbon we're talking about. Electricity can travel through a graphite (carbon) rod easily, but it cannot travel through a diamond rod. Both graphite and diamond are carbon, but the former is a conductor while the latter is an insulator.
Are lightning rod or plastic better metal lightning rods?
For a lightning conductor, we need an electrical conductor, so the iron would be superior.
How does a lightning rod help guide the electric current?
lightning rods help you because of the metal in the rod
How and when does a tree becomes a conductor of lightning?
during a thunderstorm, the electric charge built up in the clouds becomes unbalanced. to become balanced again it disperses the energy to whatever it is closest to or a good conductor. (such as a lightning rod or a tree) sort of like a giant static shock.
How did lightning rod improve people lives?
The lightning rod (USA), lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod that is placed on the top of tall buildings. A metal cable or strap connects the conductor to another metal rod sunk deep into the earth. The principle is that should lightning strike the building, it is attracted to the conductor and travels down the cable to be dissipated safely into the earth - so saving the building from lightning damage. Wooden building used to burn down under stikes from lightening. The lighten rod (Ben Franklin) gives the electricity a easy path to the ground instead of a heat-producing path through wood.
Is a glass rod a conductor or insulator?
Previous answer: Insulator because particles cannot pass through glass. Correct answer: A glass rod is a good conductor because electrons are able to move freely within its region according to the law of conservation of charges. If you have done an experiment about it, you will find out that when you rub a glass rod with silk, a glass rod will be come positively charge, and this means that the electrons get transferred away to other objects, leaving that glass rod a deficit of electrons. This theory is based on the law of electrostatics.
How did the lightning rod improve peoples lives?
The lightning rod (USA), lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod that is placed on the top of tall buildings. A metal cable or strap connects the conductor to another metal rod sunk deep into the earth. The principle is that should lightning strike the building, it is attracted to the conductor and travels down the cable to be dissipated safely into the earth - so saving the building from lightning damage. Wooden building used to burn down under stikes from lightening. The lighten rod (Ben Franklin) gives the electricity a easy path to the ground instead of a heat-producing path through wood.
Is there a Pokemon called lightning rod?
There isn't a Pokemon called "Lightning Rod", but there is a Pokemon ABILITY called "Lightning Rod". It makes any electric type move go to that certain Pokemon in MULTI BATTLES. Hope I helped!!!!!
Which one of ben Franklin's inventions helped protect people from buildings and ships from lightning?
That would be the Lightning Rod. It even has Lightning in the name.
