Static Mystery

If we\human contestants rub their dry hands against something like wood, then they’ll quickly pick up electrolytes because as they rub against the object, since their hands are dry, and electricity is okay with dry things. But if the we\human contestants have moisturized hands, it’ll be harder to pick up static

The level of humidity in the air can also change the amount of static electricity. The more humid, the less static, so I will have to test this experiment in the same location. How static is created is friction. So if your rub your hand against something, you pick up electrolytes onto your hand. To release it, you put your hand on a metal (EX. Steel). Also, you can also use moisturizing lotion to lessen the chance of picking up static.

One thing we will test/change is the things the person is wearing (ex. shirt, hoodie, gloves).

The thing I think will be affected is the intensity of static.

We will measure by static levels (lvl 1. is lowest lvl 10 is highest).

1. Get 3 people to help with your experiment

2. One has to have dry hands 1 has to have wet hands and 1 has to have gloves.

3. Try out with dry and wet hands. people do they feel something?

4. After 2.5 minutes try with next one. Do they feel something?

5. Use 3-4 one more time for each trial.

6. Repeat 3-5 steps for all the trials.

7. To record, use a level from 1-10 (1 is weakest)

Trial 1:

Observations:/Notes I thought the wet hands wouldn't have felt a thing but the person who had wet hands felt it

AFTER 5 MINS ;

Wet hands before 5 mins ago was a tingling but now its it's a shock. Dry hands didn't shock much before 5 mins ago both wet hands and dry hands turned up to be a lil hugger shock then the others.

TRYING TOMORROW AGAIN.

I also added gloves but I didn't have enough space to put it so its it's in my journal. Also gloves didn't feel like anything at all

Trial 2:

Observations/Notes: wet and dry hands made a tingle. wet hands stopped tingling honestly, I’m shocked since trial 1 worked properly.

trial 3:

Observations/Notes: During the experiment wet and dry hands were shocking because during in trial 1 and 2 it was like a pinch or a tingle or maybe a shock but it didn't do anything.

WET AND DRY HANDS [1 and 1]:had really small static.DRY HANDS were really powerful.GLOVES:also really had small- mild shock.WET HANDS mild shocking-no shock.

The answer to my question is: Not getting near dry stuff or have dry hands and always keeping to be moisturized and having a good hygiene

We can apply this to the real world by:

1. If someone keeps getting static, they can use this information to get less static.

2. For people with jobs that cause a lot of static.

3. people improve their hygiene and skincare so that static can barely get to them.

4. It helps people who go to laundromats

Yes, we think they are. How humid the air was, or the weather could’ve changed the results completely. We could’ve changed the amount of hand moisturizer we put on each person’s hands

The websites that we used is

Title | Author | Information (web link, publisher, etc) | Year

Prevent Static Electrical Shock | Comfort Air Heating and Cooling. | https://comfortac.com/blog/5-ways-to-prevent-static-electrical-shock/ | 2024

How to prevent myself from getting electrical shock | Assistant | https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-prevent-myself-from-getting-shocked-by-static-electricity-in-winte r | 2024

5 life hacks to eliminate static electricity | Osim | https://www.osim.com.hk/en/Wellness/5-life-hacks-to-eliminate-static-electricity | 2006

How To Get Rid Of Static Electricity In The Body | Blake Flournoy | https://www.sciencing.com/rid-static-electricity-body-5862942/#:~:text=The%20fastest%20way%20to%20get,or%20a%20metal%20streetlight%20pole. | 2022

My acknowledgment for our project is Mine {Rayans} brothers for letting me test on them! Also, thank you to all the websites we used as backup to our experiment, for the information.