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Vinvika [58]
3 years ago
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A friend says that the reason one's hair stands out while touching a charged Van de Graaff generator is simply that the hair str

ands become charged and are light enough so that the repulsion between strands is visible. Do you agree or disagree
Physics
1 answer:
Llana [10]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Explanation:

Yes I agree with the statement .

When a person who is perfectly insulated from the earth , touches a Van de Graaff , his body acquires charge . when the hair acquires it, it stands out due to mutual repulsion . It is to be noted here that at pointed areas on a surface , there is larger accumulation of charge. Accumulation of charge is greater at hair tops .

It is also a general observation that when a bird sits on high tension wire , his feather stands out due to the same reason.

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