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It depends on how long it takes for the charge to diminish so that it can no longer hold the balloon against gravity.
Principal factors will be the conductivity of the balloon's material, and the humidity of the air.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoStatic electricity is a form of electricity that appears when electrical charge builds up in an object. Most objects we interact with are neutral in charge, but sometimes objects pick up static electricity and can cling together. When you rub a balloon on your hairy head or some other kind of animal fur, the friction puts the atoms of the balloon very close to the atoms of the hair. Due to their chemical makeup, the electrons in the hair atoms have an affinity to travel to the balloon atoms. Thus, the balloon becomes slightly negatively charged (more electrons than protons) and your hair becomes slightly positively charged. A wall is now more positively charged than the electron loving balloon. When you hold the balloon close to the wall, the opposite charges attract each other and the balloon clings to the wall and stays there.
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What would be the length of the arrows if the balloon were inflated more?
The length would stay the same as the pressure inside the balloon equals the atmospheric pressure.
What is a balloon clock?
A balloon clock is a form of bracket clock with a balloon-shaped case.
How do you measure the speed of a balloon?
With balloon-ometer.
What happens if you heat a balloon?
If you gradually heat a balloon, then the gas inside the balloon will expand, causing the balloon to become bigger in volume.If you put a balloon above a flame, then the balloon will pop because the heat will weaken bonds in the polymer that makes up the balloon, thus the polymer will not be able to hold the pressure of the gas inside the balloon.
Why does a balloon pop as it goes up to the sky?
the pressure has increased
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.
What will happen if you rub the balloon vigorously and put it on the wall?
The static produced by the friction will make the balloon stick to the wall.
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.
What happens to hydrogen when it is in a balloon?
The hydrogen in a sealed rubber party balloon is compressed slightly by the balloon rubber. So its density decreases a little, its pressure increases, and its temperature increases. But the temperature soon returns to the ambient temperature as heat is lost through the balloon wall. Also, the hydrogen will not stay in the balloon for long because it will leak out through pores in the rubber.
Why does a balloon fall after it has stuck to the wall for a while?
My wife who puts up balloons in a store says it is because the helium escapes through the pores in the balloon. If you also use a product called 'Hi-Flot' they will stay up longer.
A rubbed balloon will stick to a wooden wall which demonstrated charge?
A rubbed balloon will stick to a wooden wall demonstrating the charge of static electricity. The friction of the rubbing of the balloon causes the charge to build.
A balloon will stick to a wooden wall if the balloon is charged?
either negatively or positively charged.
Why does a balloon stick to the wall after it is rubbed on polymer?
The idea is that the balloon gains electric charge.
What makes a balloon stick to the wall?
hellium
How does a balloon cling to the wall?
Electrostatic force.
Why a balloon that has a static electric charge will stick to a wall?
This is because on the exact same place you rubbed the balloon on it will have electrons wich made it stick on the wall.
Why does a balloon stick to the wall after you rub it against your hair?
It has electro static cells that form when re-peatedly rubbed wich creates friction ending with a attraction to the item of your choice. When you rub the balloon you create a static charge that is positive and the attraction that makes it stick to the wall is because the wall has a negative charge and like poles attract.
