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1 year ago

Why do charges build up on clothing in an electric dryer?

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Kitty [74]1 year ago

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Answer:

In clothing, static cling occurs from static electricity. An electrostatic charge builds up on clothes due to the triboelectric effect when pieces of fabric rub against each other, as happens particularly in a clothes dryer. The separate positive and negatively charged surfaces attract each other. It is especially noticeable when humidity is low, allowing static electricity to build up. Certain substances can reduce static cling and are often included in fabric softener and dryer sheets. Antistatic agents, which make the surfaces slightly conductive, can be used on fabrics.

Rzqust [24]1 year ago

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Charges build up when you have dry air and friction ,the heat to clothes which dry it out and causes friction.

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m2 (mass of blue bumper): 180 Kg

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The law of conservation of momentum states that when two bodies collide with each other, the momentum of the two bodies before the collision is equal to the momentum after the collision. This can be mathemetaically represented as below:

Pa= Pb

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Now applying this law for the above problem we get

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Momentum after collision = (m1+m2+m3) x v2 =(225+180+150)x v2

=555v2

Now we know that Momentum before collision= momentum after collision.

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1215 = 555 v2

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