Rubbing Your Feet On Carpet

When we shuffle our feet on the carpet we are rubbing electrons off the carpet and onto our body.

Rubbing your feet on carpet.

So when you reach for the doorknob millions of extra electrons leap from you to the knob or from the door knob to you giving you a shock. In static electricity electrons are moved around mechanically i e. Rubbing two different materials together a process known as charging by friction aka charging by rubbing is the simplest way to give something a charge. Yes you build up charges as you rub your feet on the carpet.

When you reach for a doorknob you get a shock as electrons jump. Now you have negative or unbalanced charge. Static electricity is what makes your hair stand up when you rub a balloon against it or gives you a shock from your doorknob. By someone rubbing two things together.

This is what you do every time you drag your feet along a carpet so you can reach out and zap someone s ear. For example human skin is very high on the series so if you do this barefoot you re almost guaranteed to get a positive charge no matter what the carpet s made of. When we then touch a metal doorknob for example the extra electrons jump from our body to the metal making a spark. When you walk over the carpet in socks your feet rub electrons off the carpet this gives you a slightly negative static charge.

I rub my feet on carpet and shock things. American idol recommended for you. The earth itself is a huge ball. The direction of charge flow depends on the relative positions of the materials in the triboelectric series.

Like the shock you receive when rubbing your feet on the carpet and touching something metal esd can occur when working in your computer and can cause damage to components. When you touch the door knob the extra electrons jump to the doorknob. Esd can occur without you feeling a shock and only occurs while working on the inside of the computer or handling an expansion card or other hardware. Electrons shoot up from the earth to the clouds and or from the clouds to the ground in order to balance out the charge the carpet works well because it insulates against grounding.

It s similar to lightning which happens in 2 parts cloud particles rub against each other creating charge imbalance. When you drag your feet across the carpet extra charge is scraped off the rug and collects on your body. Your feet in socks and the carpet are doing charging by friction.