Static shock can be irritating to downright painful. That’s because when you get shocked from what’s commonly called “static electricity” it’s really high-voltage electricity. Depending on conditions, it can actually reach a potential of several thousand volts. Furthermore, the drier the air, the greater your chances are of this happening. What Causes Static Shock? Static electricity forms whenever the quantities of positive and negative electrical charges in something aren’t perfectly equal. Normally the positives cancel out the negatives, and everything behaves electrically neutral. But, if two insulators of different materials contact each other, then the electrical charges of the material
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