Rubbing your hand on a surface of a material that is non-conductive like for example rubber or certain plastic/clothes can result in you getting a shock when touching metal or another person afterwards. How does this work?
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Believe it or not, the answer is “we don’t know”
Triboelectricity (which is the formal term) causes electrons from one surface to move over to another surface when they are rubbed against each other, but we really have no idea of *why* that happens. It just sort does
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