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All matter contains positive protons and negative electrons. When you bring a positively charged balloon close to a neutral wall, the wall becomes polarized. The electrons in atoms move colser to the balloon, making the near side of the wall seem negatively charged and farther components seem positive charged. This has a net attractive force on the balloon.
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Why does a balloon stick to a wood wall but not a metal one?
It probably would... If the metal wall area were small enough and not grounded. As the charged balloon touches the conductive metal wall, the wall quickly 'absorbs' and spreads the unbalanced charge throughout it's mass. (It only conducts away the charge from the part of the balloon touching the wall...) After dissipating the unbalanced charge from the balloon, there's no 'positive' / 'negative' charge separation to cause an attractive force so the balloon doesn't stick. In other words, the balloon looses part of its charge to the wall that has a much greater ability to store and spread electrical charges. Conductors, such as the metal wall, cannot be forced to maintain localized charge imbalances (like insulators can) as the imbalances are quickly conducted away. The electroscope experiment shows that conductors (small, ungrounded) CAN maintain net electrical charges (the foil leaves spread due to their holding like charges).
Why does a balloon stick to the celing when rubbed?
1. Rubbing the balloon to your hair causes the balloon to "steal" electrons from your hair. 2.The balloon has a buildup of electron so it has a negative charge. your hair has lost electrons so it becomes positively charged. 3.Because opposites attract the negatively charged balloon will stick or if there are enough electrons on the balloon they will try and "Jump" the wall and will make a small zap by:Zimran Reubin
Why does rubbing your hair with a balloon cause static electricity?
This has to do with the charge of the objects. Positively charged items stick to negatively charged items (think "opposites attract"). Though objects like hair and balloons are generally neutral (without a charge) and do not attract anything, this can be changed through the transfer of electrons. Electrons are negatively charged subatomic particles that can be transferred between items through contact. When you rub a balloon on your hair, the contact between your hair and the balloon allows electrons to be transferred, known as the triboelectric effect. Some materials are more likely to gain electrons and become more negative, while others are more likely to lose electrons and become more positive. In the case of hair and a balloon, the electrons are transferred from your hair to the balloon, so the balloon becomes negative. Now that electrons have been transferred, your hair and the balloon are of opposite charged and attract one another; therefore, your hair sticks to the balloon. Before the balloon contacts the hair, they both have a stable balance of electrons and protons. Once the balloon is rubbed on the hair, it takes electrons from the hair. Thus leaving the hair positively charged and the balloon negatively charged. Once the balloon is pulled away the hair sticks to it. This happens because opposite charges attract and since the hair was positively charged, and the balloon is negatively charged, they attract.
When you wash the clothes why do they do magnetism?
Washing clothes does not create magnetism. However, if you accidentally leave a magnetic object (such as a magnetic button or steel zipper) in your clothes and wash them together, the magnetism of the object may interact with other items in the wash causing them to stick together.
When a hanging wall moves up to the footwall it is a?
reverse fault. but that is when the foot wall moves down, the hanging wall moves up. in a strike-slip fault, they slide past each other, the foot wall and hanging wall are not there because it has to be like this to be a reverse or normal fault: hanging wall ----------foot wall ----------- in this diagram, the foot wall has moved down making the hanging wall move up to form a reverse fault. remember this on tests: the hanging wall is always above the fault line: /hanging wall above foot wall below / /
Why will a Balloon rubbed jumper stick to a wall?
When a balloon is rubbed against a jumper, it gains a negative charge due to the transfer of electrons. The wall, being neutral, has positive charges in its atoms. Opposite charges attract, so the negatively charged balloon is attracted to the positively charged wall, causing it to stick.
What makes a balloon stick to the wall?
A balloon can stick to a wall due to static electricity. When you rub the balloon against your hair or a wool cloth, it gains a negative charge. The negatively charged balloon is attracted to the neutral or positively charged wall, causing it to stick temporarily.
Why does a balloon rubbed with wool stick to a wall?
When you rub a balloon with wool, electrons are transferred from the wool to the balloon, creating a static charge on the balloon. This static charge allows the balloon to stick to a wall because opposite charges attract and the charged balloon is attracted to the neutral wall.
Does a negatively charged balloon stick to a wooden wall?
Yes, a negatively charged balloon can stick to a wooden wall due to the electrostatic attraction between the balloon and the wall. The negative charge on the balloon induces a positive charge on the surface of the wood, creating an attractive force that causes the balloon to stick.
Why does a balloon stick to the wall after it is rubbed on polymer?
Rubbing a balloon on a polymer generates static electricity, causing the balloon to become negatively charged. When the negatively charged balloon is brought close to a neutral surface, such as a wall, it polarizes the atoms in the wall, causing the wall to develop a temporary positive charge. The opposite charges attract, resulting in the balloon sticking to the wall temporarily.
Why does a balloon that has has static electric charge stick to the wall?
A balloon that has a static electric charge can stick to a wall because opposite charges attract each other. The balloon carries a negative charge, while the wall carries a positive charge (due to electrons being transferred from the wall to the balloon). This attraction between the opposite charges causes the balloon to stick to the wall.
A hypothesis about wye does a balloon stick to wall after you rub it against your hair?
The balloon is electrified by transferring elect rons from/to your hair. This electrified balloon then attracts electrons on the wall and this attraction force causes the balloon to stick to the wall until the charges decay form leakage to the wall or air.
Why does an inflated balloon stick to a wall after being rubbed on a carpet?
When a balloon is rubbed on a carpet, it becomes negatively charged due to the transfer of electrons from the carpet to the surface of the balloon. The wall, being neutral or slightly positively charged, is then attracted to the negatively charged balloon, causing it to stick to the wall due to electrostatic forces.
Why does an negativity charged balloon stick to a wall?
When you rub the balloon on your hair, or on another similar surface, the balloon becomes negatively charged. The wall itself doesn't have any particular charge, and doesn't conduct electricity. When you place the balloon on the wall, the molecules in the wall polarize, that is, positive and negative charges in the molecule separate and go to opposite sides of the molecule. Opposite charges attract, and like charges repel, and since the negative charges in the molecules are pushed away from the balloon and the positive ones are pulled towards it, the attraction force is greater than the repulsion force and the balloon is held to the wall.
Why does rubbing a balloon on your sweater allow for the balloon to stick to wall?
Rubbing the balloon on the sweater creates a static charge imbalance on the balloon's surface, making it negatively charged. When brought close to a wall, which is usually neutrally charged, the negative charges on the balloon attract the positive charges in the wall, causing the balloon to stick due to electrostatic forces.
Why does a balloon stick to the wall when you rub it on a sweater?
Rubbing the balloon on a sweater creates static electricity on its surface, giving it a positive charge. When brought close to a wall, which typically has a negative charge, the two opposite charges attract each other, causing the balloon to stick to the wall.
A balloon will stick to a wooden wall if the balloon is charged?
Yes, the balloon can stick to a wooden wall if it is charged. This is because objects with opposite charges attract each other, causing the balloon to stick to the wall due to the electrostatic force.
