So you're minding your own business and then you're about to touch something and then ZAP! You're in for a shock. Alternatively, a character will shuffle across a carpet in socks to build up a charge to do this. Examples of Static Electricity include:
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| - So you're minding your own business and then you're about to touch something and then ZAP! You're in for a shock. Alternatively, a character will shuffle across a carpet in socks to build up a charge to do this. Examples of Static Electricity include:
- Static electricity is a type of magic. It has had many uses throughout history, however recent concerns about its safety have led to a decline in its popularity.
- Static electricity refers to the buildup of electric charge on the surface of objects. The static charges remains on an object until they either bleed off to ground or are quickly neutralized by a discharge. Although charge exchange can happen whenever any two surfaces come into contact and separate, a static charge will only remain when at least one of the surfaces has a high resistance to electrical flow (an electrical insulator). The effects of static electricity are familiar to most people because we can see, feel and even hear the spark as the excess charge is neutralized when brought close to a large electrical conductor (for example a path to ground), or a region with an excess charge of the opposite polarity (positive or negative). The familiar phenomenon of a static 'shock' is cau
- Static electricity was a form of electricity used by many species, most notably the Daleks. The Daleks used static electricity in their city on Skaro; rather than use an internal power source, they picked up power through the floor. The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Susan Foreman realised this by the smell they made when moving and were reminded of dodgems at a fairground. They disabled a Dalek by pushing it onto a Thal cloak, insulating the Dalek base from the electricity. They then used the empty Dalek shell to escape the city. (TV: The Daleks) File:ScienceStub.png
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| - So you're minding your own business and then you're about to touch something and then ZAP! You're in for a shock. Alternatively, a character will shuffle across a carpet in socks to build up a charge to do this. Examples of Static Electricity include:
- Static electricity refers to the buildup of electric charge on the surface of objects. The static charges remains on an object until they either bleed off to ground or are quickly neutralized by a discharge. Although charge exchange can happen whenever any two surfaces come into contact and separate, a static charge will only remain when at least one of the surfaces has a high resistance to electrical flow (an electrical insulator). The effects of static electricity are familiar to most people because we can see, feel and even hear the spark as the excess charge is neutralized when brought close to a large electrical conductor (for example a path to ground), or a region with an excess charge of the opposite polarity (positive or negative). The familiar phenomenon of a static 'shock' is caused by the neutralization of charge.
- Static electricity is a type of magic. It has had many uses throughout history, however recent concerns about its safety have led to a decline in its popularity.
- Static electricity was a form of electricity used by many species, most notably the Daleks. The Daleks used static electricity in their city on Skaro; rather than use an internal power source, they picked up power through the floor. The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Susan Foreman realised this by the smell they made when moving and were reminded of dodgems at a fairground. They disabled a Dalek by pushing it onto a Thal cloak, insulating the Dalek base from the electricity. They then used the empty Dalek shell to escape the city. (TV: The Daleks) In 1866 on Earth, Edward Waterfield conducted experiments with static electricity and time travel. Theodore Maxtible mentioned the efforts of Faraday into the field. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) During the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth, the Daleks used discs on their backs to supply them with static electricity; these required recharging periodically. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) On Vulcan, scientist Lesterson found a capsule in a mercury swamp containing three dormant Daleks, which he brought back to life. The Vulcan colony did not have metal floors from which the Daleks could extract static electricity, so they had power cables laid for them to use. (TV: The Power of the Daleks) Hellcombe Factory was run at static electricity by the Daleks. The factory came alive and produced legions of Proto-Dalek. (COMIC: The Dalek Project) While never explicitly stated that the Daleks evolved beyond a need for static electricity, later stories would drop this aspect. In addition, TV: Death to the Daleks would state that the Dalek casing was powered by the Dalek creature's telekinesis. The Trods were also powered by static electricity. (COMIC: The Trodos Tyranny) Cessair used a static electrical charge as a primitive but effective force field. (TV: The Stones of Blood) File:ScienceStub.png
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