Electrostatics

Electrostatics

1. Defibrilators

   • 300 joules of energy shock
   • Stops heart briefly but doesn't work on stopped heart
   • pace maker cells have chance to restore normal heart rate

2. Electrostatic smoke precipitators

   • used in power stations
   • smoke particles get negatively charged by the negative grid
   • Collective plates knocked to remove smoke
   • positively charged plates attract smoke
   • used to clean small gas particles from gages

3. Paint spraying/ paint attraction and repulsion

   • charge paint particles in gun
   • paint particles repel eachother