Static Electricity - Examples
- Created by: SamDavies
- Created on: 02-04-14 23:27
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USES
1) Inkjet printer
- Tiny droplets of ink are forced out of a fine nozzle, making them electrically charged
- The droplets are deflected as they pass between two metal plates.
- A voltage is applied to the plates – one is negative and the other is positive
- The droplets are attracted to the plate of the opposite charge and repelled from the plate of the same charge
- The size and direction of the voltage across each plate changes so each droplet is deflected to hit a different place on the paper
- Loads of tiny dots make up your printout
2) Photocopier
- The image plate is positively charged. An image of what you are copying is projected on to it
- Whiter bits of…
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