COMB EXPERIMENT

COMB EXPERIMENT

1. PROCEDURE: You can observe static electricity if you run a plastic comb through your hair, then place the comb near small pieces of paper. The paper is attracted to the comb.

2. EXPLANATION: This happens because the charged comb induces an opposite charge in the paper and as opposite charges attract, the paper sticks to the comb.

3. MATERIALS: So in this experiment, the two materials are the comb and your hair. The comb becomes more positive and your hair more negative! Oppositely charged objects are attracted together... so the papers are attracted to the comb!

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