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Why doesn't current flow through your body when we stand on wood?
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∙ 13y ago
For electricity or current to flow through your body, you should be connected to earth. Wood is an insulator, and so when you stand on wood, current cannot flow through your body to earth.
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How far can electrical current travel through a body of water?
There is no length because as long as it is a conductor an electrical current can go through
Do shocks occur when current flows through parts of the human body?
yes
In what situations is electricity dangerous?
Whenever it CAN pass through your body - your heart, brain and muscles are all sensitive to current flows.
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It doesnt
What causes Electric shock injuries?
Electric shock injuries are caused by lightning or electric current from a mechanical source passing through the body
Why is that you should not stand with your legs apart during thunderstorm?
You should not stand with your legs apart in a thunderstorm because placing your legs together minimizes the amount of electric current that will pass through your body. Always stand with your feet together if you can't get out of a thunderstorm.
Why D.C. current is not passed from our body?
Lightning is a DC current and it will pass through your body with devastating effect. Defibrillators use a DC current to restart/reset your heart if it has stopped or gone into fibrillation. So DC current is passed through your body.
How much heat can electric current passing through the human body create?
It depends on the amount of current, enough current can cook the body.
How does a sponge move water through its body?
The sponge uses the choanocytes to move a steady current through its body.
What do you call ghost that come into your body but doesnt do anything physically through you?
A physical haunt
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Yes, during the ionic foot detoxication electric current runs through the body of the given patient. The electric current is however very low to cause harm to the body of the patient.
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Body fat doesnt melt, you matabolize it off through regular excercise and a balanced diet.
How far can electrical current travel through a body of water?
There is no length because as long as it is a conductor an electrical current can go through
Does current stay in human body upon electrocution?
No. Current passes through until its source stops, then there is no more current.
Which is the dangerous current?
You can't really separate them. It's the current flowing through your body that does the damage, but the value of the current depends on the voltage across your body -the higher the voltage, the higher the resulting current.
How much current can be tolerated by a human body?
It varies depending on where in the body the current is passing through. Less than .1mA, if it's across the heart.
High voltage by itself does not produce electric shock What does?
The amount of current passing through your body and the path of the current.
