The science of static electricity - Anuradha Bhagwat
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We’ve all had the experience: you’re walking across a soft carpet, you reach for the doorknob and … ZAP. But what causes this trademark jolt of static electricity? Anuradha Bhagwat sheds light on the phenomenon by examining the nature of matter.
Lesson by Anuradha Bhagwat, animation by Artrake Studio.
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It's amazing how a three Minute Video explains this better than a Physics teacher in 10 periods
@Loygee123
Жыл бұрын
fr
@ronnietabones7395
Жыл бұрын
Word
@majgoatee
Жыл бұрын
@@ronnietabones7395 what??
@sampleoffers1978
Жыл бұрын
Maybe physics teacher wants to be expert but not really explain it
@majgoatee
Жыл бұрын
@@sampleoffers1978 yes that's the case
It has been 7 yrs since this video was posted and still the quality of the content is unmatchable .The most interesting and unique way of teaching physics..... . Had such videos be made for each concept , everyone would have truly loved physics. Such videos should be presented before the children in classrooms so that they can " feel the physics in everyday life " . Those who agree with me can like
@filipkul
Жыл бұрын
Agreed 👍
@GuynamedHuup
Жыл бұрын
agreed 👍
@green5208
Жыл бұрын
agreed 👍
@user-jc2kf1xv7b
4 ай бұрын
Agreed 👍🏻
who else is a high school freshman like me and watching this for their science homework.
@darken8090
3 жыл бұрын
lol I accidentally rubbed my hand on my blanket too fast and then I realised why my blanket lit up
@ultron5754
3 жыл бұрын
@@darken8090 nope 🙅😂
@animalloverjulian8243
3 жыл бұрын
I accidentally touched a power line when standing on the ground, and now I’m dead 😵
@animalloverjulian8243
3 жыл бұрын
I was standing up when lightening hit metal street light, and transferred into the ground, both my feet were on the ground therefore the electricity used me as a circuit.
@D.Records
3 жыл бұрын
Nope just a stoner with too much thinking time my guy
2:06 it is just a very cute electron
@maheshwaritanwar4635
7 жыл бұрын
I know right ^o^ It's adorable!
@AnshuSingh-vz7wd
5 жыл бұрын
The whole animation is so cute
@James-tb2wo
5 жыл бұрын
yesss
@minke9246
4 жыл бұрын
okay furry
@minke9246
4 жыл бұрын
@@maheshwaritanwar4635 okay furry
A few years ago, I will pulling a blanket out; the room was completely dark. For a few seconds, I not only heard a bit of static electricity but I could also see some tiny, glow in the dark blue lines on my arm from the static I got from the fleece blanket. It was one of the coolest things I’d ever seen.
@oojollyrabbitoo6704
Жыл бұрын
Electro?
@sampleoffers1978
Жыл бұрын
I had very scratchy sweater as child in 80's and this thing was fire works if I was scratching in dark room
@user-hh6ex9md4w
7 ай бұрын
That sounds like an incredible experience with static electricity! It's amazing how it can create such beautiful visual effects. Speaking of amazing, have you heard about the Segway Portable PowerStation Cube Series? It's a versatile and powerful backup power solution for outdoor enthusiasts like us. With its massive capacity, fast recharging, waterproof technology, and comprehensive protections, it's a must-have for camping trips and ensuring uninterrupted power supply. Definitely check it out!
@INTHENAME-786.
3 ай бұрын
Me too
Fun fact: Most static shocks are around 10,000 volts. Compared to your home outlets which are 120 volts. The difference is there is a much smaller supply of electrons from the shock (amperage) so they don't do any damage.
@gamingwithcharlie5008
7 жыл бұрын
Eric Morrison i heard that staric shocks are arount 0.0000062 amps in current
@jxddii
7 жыл бұрын
Gaming with Charlie princess from a SILVER CHEST?
@dg-hughes
7 жыл бұрын
I believe it's much higher than that my old electronics professor said typically it is 40,000V before you would even begin to see or feel it. But it depends on the humidity of the air and the material you touch and of course the amount of charge built up.
@abhaysharma4218
6 жыл бұрын
Fun Facts 2:these electrical shocks can create the rise in temperature in that particular area hotter than the surface of Sun.
@masashing4892
5 жыл бұрын
The human body contains a tiny amount of static electricity, especially in the nerve cells.
The narrator voice was the sweetest
@effymiffy
3 жыл бұрын
I know right! I wanted to see her in real life!
@Entertainmatics
3 жыл бұрын
Please subscribe to my channel.
@spaceformulti-talents1512
3 жыл бұрын
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@rashmitapradhan1965
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was just like that of ALEXA
@Theadorius_
3 жыл бұрын
@@effymiffy ermm....
2:41 somebody wasn't paying close attention to details in his hand
@yktnd
4 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY!
@jacobnelsen22
4 жыл бұрын
or they were paying too much attention
@riranmo
4 жыл бұрын
@@jacobnelsen22 lol 🤣🤣🤣
@sincerealev
4 жыл бұрын
Boi
@bmeares
4 жыл бұрын
I made this comment five years ago.. why am I getting so many replies lately??
0:32 I like how neutron dont care a thing
@priyanshutiwari4177
3 жыл бұрын
Why? Please can u tell me
@abdulwasey3506
3 жыл бұрын
Cuz he's neutral.
@frostaxel516
3 жыл бұрын
He's neither negative nor positive
@officalnora
2 жыл бұрын
N e u t r a l
2:42 I'm so immature
@allenrobinson5750
9 жыл бұрын
Jay&roblox hAha
@WhileTrueCode
9 жыл бұрын
Jay&roblox Oh my god that's hilarious. At first I thought he was flipping the bird, but then I saw something else
@thesickbeat
9 жыл бұрын
"when it happens in your bedroom, it's a minor nuisance"
@sleepsci-fi9975
9 жыл бұрын
thesickbeat not that, the shape of his hand, that's why I said I was immature
@sleepsci-fi9975
9 жыл бұрын
thesickbeat oh, ok
Must study for test! But Ted-Ed videos are so much more interesting. Don't have to strength/discipline to close all these tabs. Oh well, Looks like I'm staying up tonight.
@TruMystery
7 жыл бұрын
Hey exams are soon do not study
@mitchclark1532
6 жыл бұрын
its better to b spontaneous
@felixahelixa3233
3 жыл бұрын
So....how did the test go?
@lakshyabhasin4898
3 жыл бұрын
5 years late 😂 but how did the test go?
@JenniHodgson
2 жыл бұрын
@@lakshyabhasin4898 im 6 years late lol
I can never forget what happened two weeks ago. My arm rubbed against the table in class and I could clearly hear the electric spark sound and got a terrible shock when I accidentally touched the screw of the table. I can never forget the pain. If you know any tips on how to prevent such a thing from happening again please share them. I would greatly appreciate tips to avoid static electric shocks
@AmmarHasan-gd7xn
9 ай бұрын
how does it feel to get liked after 6 years XD
I had no words to describe Ted Ed work I hope they keep developing and make there way to every children to teach them a better way to live. Thanks Ted Ed 🙂🙏. Iam a student I don't have mony to donate but I can like and share your videos.
I liked how they illustrated the lightning coming from the negatively charged objects (ground, metal, cloud) to the positively charged cloud. Demonstrating the natural flow of electricity, instead of the conventional illustration used for showing the flow of electricity.
@MrJmcd3737
9 жыл бұрын
I was looking for a comment that mentioned how they illustrated lightning in this video :P
@dg-hughes
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah if you ever take electronics on day 1 you're told: "Yeah we messed many years ago we thought positive things was where electricity came from." But even so from that time onward you know that electricity comes from the negative terminal not the positive but you have to tow the party line that the positive terminal is where electricity comes from.
@ahmeeeeeeeeeeeed
7 жыл бұрын
Jesse Martin That part confused me a bit since I always assumed that only negatively charged clouds omit lightning given that you see lightning go from the clouds to the ground and not the other way around.
@masashing4892
6 жыл бұрын
2:57 Greenhouse gases is another ingredient for lightning to strike. The ingredients for thunderstorms also include dry heat, greenhouse gases, less or no wind. Global warming increases thunderstorms frequency because more greenhouse gases are released to active more thunderstorms.
@masashing4892
6 жыл бұрын
There's something unique about lightning, which is that there should also be enough greenhouse gases associated for lightning to strike. Clouds are made out of water vapor, which is a nonmetal object, so they can't capably active lightning to strike by itself. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, CFC also needs to associate together in the clouds to trigger lightning strikes.
Best lesson ever ... I understood everything very well , thanks to Anuradha didi, the animators , the voice artists musicians and the whole team of Ted-ed.... Ted-Ed you guys are amazing!!😍❤️
@cachalotreal
2 жыл бұрын
@@notapro393 Please
@user-hh6ex9md4w
7 ай бұрын
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@snehasathe5998
7 ай бұрын
@@user-hh6ex9md4w Peak marketing moment! While I do not require one as of now I would really spread the word😄
Me: absorbs as much static electricity as possible Friend: hi what are you doing? Me: nothing lets have a hand shake! Friend: okaAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Me: I AM THE GOD OF -THUNDER!- ELECTRICITY!
@johnchen349
4 жыл бұрын
lol
@youtubefalcon9550
4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@adylaar6708
4 жыл бұрын
Thundercats
@investzaku
4 жыл бұрын
god of spreading electrons
@querywizard
4 жыл бұрын
More accurately, you attempt to shed as many electrons as possible. Or I suppose you could try to gain extra electrons.. but it never seems to work like that.
If only school could make stuff like this interesting like how you guys are doing at Ted-Ed
@_meharlail_
2 жыл бұрын
this is one of our school asigmnets
@Hess-ys6ep
11 ай бұрын
Thankfully, we are able to use these videos in school, too. I often use it as a visual in my ESL Science classes.
2:42 is so funny! 😂 I couldn’t stop laughing in class!
@johnchen349
4 жыл бұрын
same :)
@dumitruantoniocristian5838
4 жыл бұрын
So you like that huh?
@Leeroywantsrx7
4 жыл бұрын
Dumitru Antonio Cristian lol 😂
@bobbobbington7918
Жыл бұрын
Hahahahhahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahha thought it was hilarious too
the best explanation I've found on youtube about it, the first one that actually explains why do they happen
3:07 im so happy! Wait what did i just do
Came here for a physics lesson, and now I know how to combat my nemesis: the metal bar on my bed which always shocks me in the evening. I'd like to say that this information is absolutely shocking! Ba-dum tss!
This is more informative than my physics teacher, thank you
Best. Animator. Ever.
People always talk abt the animation, but this Pink Panther aesthetic is so beautiful, and yet familiar and nostalgic in some ways that I can't let it go by without praising. Congratulations
Very cute! Very informative and clear to understand. I'll be showing this in my upper elementary (grades 4-6) physics class tomorrow to start our unit on electricity.
@jensejnarmlgaard3047
7 жыл бұрын
In this video, positive and negative explanation is incorrect.
@jacobsayre9497
6 жыл бұрын
singwisevocals you don't actually teach . . .
@shade0636
5 жыл бұрын
@@jensejnarmlgaard3047 How so?
@Chrundle9
4 жыл бұрын
Careful about 2:39
@madeleinepettigrew1033
3 жыл бұрын
That's cool, I'm watching this for the beginning of my grade 9 electricity unit!
best video on static electricity!!!! I finally understand it now!!
This is an absolutely wonderful explanation. I'm finally beginning to grasp what electricity really is. Thank you so much
Omg I love this channel, and my teacher just assigned it to us!
My classmate:hahaha Me:wow this is interesting My teacher:yes it is My bff:hmmm this is fun My teacher:picks up a ruler My bff after class:it hurts😭😭😭😭
@joshuaguillen9460
3 жыл бұрын
No one asked
Beautiful ! Simply awesome
what a fantastic approach to learn Physics for high school students
i've been looking around for an hour now, best video i've found
Thanks for Arabic language subtitles And the perfect video
2:12 Just when you're happy and you know it- ZAP
I will never forget actually seeing static electricity from my Pikachu blanket as a kid.
This is so cool. It’s such a useful complementary resource for school course.
This happened to me today.. Crazy enough, I was teaching my students about matter. She poked me with her fingertip and we both felt a shock. My class ended there. My kids were shocked and so was I...
@emon3851
2 жыл бұрын
If ur teacher ur videos are very interesting
this was helpful for my science, and funny. It was confusing at first but i understood it the second time i watched it. Great video!
I love your videos! keep them coming please
Thanks so much for this vid. It really helped me for my upcoming test😃
This happens to me all the time and sometimes its so strong that I see sparks and makes that creepy electricity sound, the worst that happened to me was when I was so charged that when I bumped to. My friend there was a sharp pain and a spark of electricity and my elbows were so red for days
what a wonderful way of explaining!
Thank u Man, I really liked your video.Your content is awesome and I like all of them. Thank you
OMG thanks soooo much for making this video, I learned so much from u thanks!
I felt my first static electricity shock when is was 4 or 5. I remember touching the door nob after I ran around the carpet. (Side note I didn’t know what static electricity was back then so no hate plz) Then I remember just screaming of pain XD
I saw this at my school today XD
@ds1arr
3 жыл бұрын
@19PS2003 Anusha.B YEAH "XD"
@rypz5048
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@parnaviyadgire5149
3 жыл бұрын
XD LMAO LMFAOOO SO FUNNY
@LeHunter70
3 жыл бұрын
Same XD
@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz937
3 жыл бұрын
Omg sameee
When I was younger I encounterd with Static current but I didn't understand why it happen and how and I thought it's due to some mysterious forces! But the way the explanation and animations were there reminded everything.
Thank you so much. Please upload more and more videos. It's so pleasant
Does that mean after getting electron transfered from doorknob to the body , the doorknob will be positively charged?? Does this have any impact on the material?? Will the rug zapped if it touch the doorknob??
GUYS THE DOORKNOB IS NEUTRALLY CHARGED! I learned in science today that since only electrons move, the electrons will move towards the positively charged object, while the protons stay in the same spot so the electrons will jump onto the hand and the protons will stay leaving a positively charged doorknob.
@77misbah
6 жыл бұрын
Meth Jayasekera Yup, only electrons move because they are in the outer shell of an atom. Thats the process
Wonderful explanation thank you so much 😊
When the charged body got neutral again what is with the second body (the scissors)? Does It then stay positively charged?
@j0mezzy
8 жыл бұрын
Wow, very similar to my question....... Read my comment
@aparajitaprabhu1947
6 жыл бұрын
The scissors are negative already and when the electrons flow through the body into the earth, both become neutral
As for the electrical discharge, when the body rubs with the carpet, it loses electrons, and when the body touches any metal surface close to it, such as a door handle, for example (the bonding forces of electrons are weak) the electrons will move from the metal surface of the human body to compensate for the lack of electrons in it. The question is why does a positive charge not appear on the surface A metal that has lost its electrons
@leonardosoto5669
Жыл бұрын
do you have the answer? i have the same doubt
@realizejust415
Жыл бұрын
@@leonardosoto5669 somebody told me that the body works to equalize the charges between the iron handle and the carpet, meaning that a positive charge will appear on the handle and a negative charge will appear on the carpet, but they soon disappear and become neutral through the body.
Nicely explained..... the animation used makes its really interesting.
Static discharge is the quick electricity created when electrons are moving to a positively charged material to restore the neutral charge equilibrium. Thank you TED-ED!
Terrific teaching ..thumps up :-)
@2:39 Since the electrons from door knob traveled to the persons positively charged hands to neutralize, is the knob now positively charged? If,so Why is that? The door knob is not in it's neutral state since it "loss" electrons, what will neutralize the door knob?
@govorilegko
8 жыл бұрын
It seems no one knows
@cookiezillaevan
8 жыл бұрын
No no no, when you touch it, it pulls electrons from whatever else it is touching, and it doesn't take all the electrons anyways. Just because you don't know doesn't mean no one knows.
@govorilegko
8 жыл бұрын
read the question again, you piece of shit. just because your head full of bs doesn't mean you understand something
@govorilegko
8 жыл бұрын
WHY IS NOT IT NOW POSITIVELY CHARGED moron
@j0mezzy
8 жыл бұрын
Gor O When people act like they understand science haha
My son loved this video, I had a fun time explaining the way I used this concept as child by shocking my siblings at times when they least expected it.
Superb demonstration, thank you Tedx
I don't know why ... I face each and every day ... At least 5 times a day static shock ... I always afraid to shake hands... 🤣🤣🤣 My friends avoid too... My body release more shock than any other... Specially I when I get down from vahicle ... I can not touch door ... Office door , Any other person... warm metal plates or wall, all frustrating ... Why 🧐
Lmao I’m subscribed on here and watch ur videos everyday so I was excited when they made us watch this one in physics class today😩
What a great video!!!!!
I like the way they demonstrate that the positive is happy reaction and the negative one is mad.
I had to look this up because I was touching my bed sheet and light was forming and parking and it kept happening whenever I touched something.... I thought I was becoming Electro
Thank you so much i now understand a lot more about electricity... from lots of videos this one was the one I found best explained!!
This was really good, thanks Ted team :)
I remember this is why my grandma used to scold me when i was a kid having some fun in the rain, at that time i didn't knew that i was positively charged or what!?! Lucky kids nowadays, they get to know everything on Ted as soon as it clicks their mind.
I have a test tomorrow but I kept watching this to recharge my memory! hopefully, I'll get a good grade! btw lots of info!!
@Khrxssyy
3 жыл бұрын
Adithya Nair you ask 2 years later??
Amazing presentation👌 The narrator's voice sounds so like an American, can't believe she is a NRI😏
@et-y6059
4 жыл бұрын
I needed to read this comment 5 times in order to read it
Love the animation
THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS VIDEO WAS SOO USEFUL
I wonder how people explained static discharge before anything was known about electricity? Did people even understand it was the same thing as lightning?
2:42 with captions, I need help.
@ishandey6061
4 жыл бұрын
@@rayan.niraula It is better if you don't understand it. I regret understanding this
@ishandey6061
4 жыл бұрын
@@rayan.niraula You do not want to know. I am warning you again!
@et-y6059
4 жыл бұрын
@@rayan.niraula its a male private part
Seriously that was super helpful thanks a lot
that's the best explanation I have ever heard 😄😄😄😄😄
2:41 dude his hand is so weird
@kathleenpreston6748
3 жыл бұрын
ya!
So lightning moves from the ground to the clouds, as the video implies? This seems strange to me since I've seen videos of slow motion lightning going towards the ground.
@transcendentape
9 жыл бұрын
www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/faq/ "Does lightning strike from the sky down, or the ground up? The answer is both. Cloud-to-ground lightning comes from the sky down, but the part you see comes from the ground up. A typical cloud-to-ground flash lowers a path of negative electricity (that we cannot see) towards the ground in a series of spurts. Objects on the ground generally have a positive charge. Since opposites attract, an upward streamer is sent out from the object about to be struck. When these two paths meet, a return stroke zips back up to the sky. It is the return stroke that produces the visible flash, but it all happens so fast - in about one-millionth of a second - so the human eye doesn't see the actual formation of the stroke."
@zeewarrior3401
2 жыл бұрын
Ur first btw
thank you for this very informative video, I have always wonder about this. Ted ed is one of the best channels on youtube!!
I love the charge illustrations
0:35 lol he's meditating
@vol230
3 жыл бұрын
yeah that's why neutral
Just saw this in school and realised that I'd already seen it Guess I'm an expert on the 'matter'
Good presentation- Thank you for sharing.. for your time-
Great video ,all doubts got cleared
lightning can strike the same place... more than once.
2:41 my classmate laughing :I
superb explanation
One of the best ted ed vids 😃😄
I freaking love this video 😊😊 so informative and fun
lol I'm doing this for school online who else is doin this?
@zynxgomezdeliano2352
3 жыл бұрын
me lol
@kai7360
3 жыл бұрын
same
Such a wounderful explaination thanks :)
Thanks! This was very helpful
the "Unknown Language" is VIETNAMESE ! Created by me via Gg Translator Toolkit, and I don't know why KZread can't recognize the language that I translated !!
@et496
7 жыл бұрын
Trang Dinh then translate this!!! 282 28160 675 81689??
Online school be like “atoms” 😂💗
Great lesson.
I have no words how to praise this video seriously as a high schooler.
This is for science... I am not bothered... anyone has a summary of this video ?
After watching this An electron met a proton who said, “Be more positive” Electron: I’m supposed to be Proton: Oh then let’s fight, gang? *More protons come* Neutron from nowhere: OH COME ON, NOW OUR HOME IS TOO HAPPY Electron: GANG? *More electrons come* Neutron: Oh ok Atom: I’M HYPER HAPPY Oh wait, now I’m 😐
@MoochiDoesRoblox
5 жыл бұрын
hahahah thats awesome
Thank you for the video. Simple and great picturizarion.
this is a very best way for us to study thnx for the video and explanation u have done
Why do you get shocked more during the winter? At least that's what I notice.
@TheCruzanqueen
8 жыл бұрын
I think it has to do with all the coats/mittens you wear and their material. I know what you're taking about because I've been shocked hard enough that my whole arm hurt for a day and I've shocked people only when I wear certain jackets or haven't used enough dryer sheets.
@gamingwithcharlie5008
7 жыл бұрын
TheCruzanqueen during summer, the humidity of the air is greater and water molecues from air neutralizes the charge from hand. the water molecues slowly neutralizers charge in which you dont feel anything
@josephmanning2129
6 жыл бұрын
Angelica Porro it probably has to do with all the insulating carpets/coat/blankets you use during winter
@mad8671
5 жыл бұрын
I think that maybe because most people rub their hands together to get warmer which causes static electricity?