What will happen when you rub a plastic on a cloth then place the plastic near your hair?
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The hair, if the plastic has a charge on it (probably it does) will stand out toward the plastic and be attracted towards it. But you could try that with a comb and see for yourself.
After rubbing the cloth, the plastic will become "negatively charged". To attract, objects have to be oppositely charged. So, our hair is "positively charged"...?
From what I know, hair is negatively charged so care to tell me how it became positively charged?
From what I know, hair is negatively charged so care to tell me how it became positively charged?
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Hair naturally has a negative charge — sort of like static electricity — says Jeni Thomas, a senior chemist with Procter & Gamble, but this is insulated by our hair's protective lipid layer. Damaged hair has higher negative charge, and the hairs literally try to separate from each other, creating frizz.
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so it appears that your hair loses electrons to the plastic, which may have lost electrons during the rubbing.
Hair naturally has a negative charge — sort of like static electricity — says Jeni Thomas, a senior chemist with Procter & Gamble, but this is insulated by our hair's protective lipid layer. Damaged hair has higher negative charge, and the hairs literally try to separate from each other, creating frizz.
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so it appears that your hair loses electrons to the plastic, which may have lost electrons during the rubbing.
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