Uses of Static Electricity Description

Pollution Control Static electricity is used in pollution control by applying a static charge to dirt particles in the air and then collecting those charged particles on a plate or collector of the opposite electrical charge.

Spray painting car parts By connecting the spray nozzle to a negative electrode, it is possible to charge each droplet of paint. If the car part is then given the opposite charge, the paint droplets will be attracted to the car body part.

Photocopy Copy machines use static to make ink get attracted to the areas where we need the information copied.


Bibliography:
• "GCSE Science/Uses of Static Electricity - Wikibooks, Collection of Open-content Textbooks."Wikibooks. Web. 27 May 2010. .
• "Uses of Static Electricity." HubPages. Web. 27 May 2010. .