What is Static Electricity?

Most recent answer: 08/07/2016

Q:
When static electricity is transferred to an object. Is it stored as an electron in the outer most layer of the electron field. Or as something that just hangs around.
- Luke Casler (age 15)
Greenfield, Indiana, United States
A:

Yes, ordinary static electricity takes the form of either excess electrons or missing electrons near the surface of an object.

Mike W.


(published on 08/07/2016)