When Thales rubbed amber with silk, he observed that the amber attracted small objects like feathers and hair. This phenomenon is known as static electricity, where the friction between the amber and silk causes the transfer of electrons, giving the amber a temporary charged property.
Silk, such as in clothing, is a solid.
Use Carbona Stain Devils #3 for ink and crayon. You should spot check first because it says not to use on silk, but I figured that it couldn't look worse then the blue Sharpie that was already on the chair. I put the solution directly onto the silk (not diluted) and blotted with a white cloth putting more solution as needed. Once a good amount was off, I rubbed gently with the cloth until it was out. I then used a bit of water with a touch of dish soap to finish. It's not dry yet, but I can barely see big blue square that my son created.
Silk is made from natural protein fibers, similar to human hair. When silk is burned, it releases a scent that is similar to burning hair due to the breakdown of the protein structure.
The polymer of protein is protein .
Silk tends to stain more easily than cotton due to its delicate and absorbent nature. Cotton, on the other hand, is more stain-resistant and easier to clean compared to silk.
Amber
Thales of Miletus, a Greek philosopher, discovered that rubbing amber with silk created an electric charge in the amber which caused objects to be attracted to it. If rubbed enough, it created a spark, much like we receive when we walk on carpet and touch a doorknob and see, hear and feel the spark.
When Thales rubbed the amber with the silk cloth, he was observing the phenomenon of static electricity. The friction between the amber and silk caused the transfer of electrons, with the amber becoming negatively charged and the silk becoming positively charged. This separation of charges created an electric field around the amber, leading to the attraction of lightweight objects like feathers or small pieces of paper. This experiment marked one of the earliest recorded observations of electricity and laid the foundation for the study of electromagnetism.
when amber is rubbed with silk cloth +ve charge comes on silk cloth and -ve on amber due to interaction between their molecules, so is that when we comb our hairs , then -ve charge comes on comb and +ve on hairs,so when we bring silk cloth near the comb they attract each other due to 'ving opposite charges
Thales discovered static electricity by rubbing a peice of amber against a silk cloth.
The Greeks first wrote about static electricity generation. A silk cloth rubbed on an amber rod.
the silk will rub of the electrons on the silk, leaving the glass positively charged
The glass rod loses electrons when rubbed with a silk cloth. This leaves the glass rod positively charged as it loses negative electrons to the silk cloth through friction.
The Physicist who said first that the charge on a glass rod rubbed with silk is positive was Michael Faraday.
The silk picked up positive charges.
When a plastic rod is rubbed with a silk cloth, electrons are transferred from the silk to the plastic rod. This results in the plastic rod becoming negatively charged and the silk cloth becoming positively charged. This effect is known as triboelectric charging.
A balloon rubbed in hair becomes negatively charged due to gaining excess electrons from the hair. On the other hand, a glass rod rubbed with silk becomes positively charged as it loses electrons to the silk.