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Your hair has picked up extra electrons. This causes your hair to repel against each other(Like charges repel remember!). Because you hair is so tightly packed, the furthest any hair can get from another hair is to stand straight up.

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How can we make hair stand with electricity?

To make hair stand with electricity, you can create a static charge by rubbing a balloon or comb against your hair. This will cause the hair strands to repel each other due to the static charge, making them stand up.


Name something that can make your hair stand straight up?

hair product, static electricity, ghost, fear


Why does a balloon rubbed in your hair make your hair stand up?

When you rub a balloon against your hair, it creates static electricity. This transfer of electrons from the balloon to your hair causes the individual strands of your hair to become positively charged and repel each other, making them stand up.


What is the name of the ball that uses electricity that when you put your hand on to make your hair stand up?

The ball is called a Van de Graaff generator. It generates static electricity which causes the hair to stand up when someone places their hand on it due to the repulsion of positively charged hair strands.


What caused hair to stand up?

Humidity and Static Electricity


What machine makes you hair stand up?

A Van de Graaff generator is a machine that can make your hair stand up. It generates static electricity that causes your hair to repel each other due to the same charge, resulting in an "electric" hairstyle.


Why or how does hair stand up on your arms?

Hair on your arms can stand up when you experience emotions like fear or excitement due to a survival instinct called piloerection. Tiny muscles at the base of each hair follicle contract, causing the hair to stand up and create insulation or make you appear larger to potential threats.


Why does your hair stand up when you touch a source of electricity?

When you touch a source of electricity, your body can conduct some of the electric charge. This can cause your hair to stand up due to the electrical forces affecting the positively charged hair strands. It is a result of the static charge created by the interaction between the electricity and your hair.


How do you make your hair stand up?

You cover your hair in hair gel then you comb it up


How does a balloon make your hair stick up?

You rub it on your hair. This causes static electricity, thus making your hair stand stick up.P.S:Sorry i know its not a big deal but it makes it sound like your hair was sitting and then it gets up.


How do you fix electrostatic hair?

the static electricity will wear off.. Or you can take your hand off the thing that is making your hair stand up


How can static electricity generate an electrical force to make your hair stand on end?

Static Electricity generator an electrical force can make your hair stand on end that happens because, your hair has picked up extra electrons. This causes your hair to repel against each other(Like charges repel remember!). Because you hair is so tightly packed, the furthest any hair can get from another hair is to stand straight up.