Can electrostatic charge be stored

Answer 1

Answer #1:

no

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Answer #2:

Of course.

When you rub a comb with wool and then pick up bits of tissue with it, or

when you rub a balloon on your sweater and then stick it to the wall, the

comb and the balloon store the static charge, until something else ... like

your hand, or the wall, or water droplets in humid air ... come along and

pick up the charge and carry it away.

As just one more example, when you scuff your shoes across the living room

carpet and then hurry into the kitchen to zzzapp your sister, you store the

static charge on your body for the whole time between the last scuff and

the zzzapp.

Finally ... storage of charge is exactly the purpose of capacitors.

Answer 2

Yes, electrostatic charge can be stored on objects with insulating properties, such as plastic or glass. This stored charge can be used in various applications, such as in capacitors or as a source of static electricity for experiments.