Bill Beaty wrote:
>
> Frederick Sparber wrote:
>
> > Bill. Wouldn't the water vapor (or the O2 which has a high electron
> > affinity) in the air flowing over the red hot hair dryer heating element
> > cause the loss of electrons to the air stream?
>
> Is the air coming from a hair dryer also a flow of charge?
>
> > Bill. Wouldn't the water vapor (or the O2 which has a high electron
> > affinity) in the air flowing over the red hot hair dryer heating element
> > cause the loss of electrons to the air stream?
>
> Is the air coming from a hair dryer also a flow of charge?
> I've never heard of this,
>
With over 500 "small ions"per cubic centimeter, plus the larger ions in air a few cfm would
represent a lot of charge in the air going through the dryer.
Seems that a clothes dryer pulls charge from the air going through it, the water (especially
well water) and the clothing.
>
> but it should be easy to detect with an electrometer.
>
Frantically waving the leads of a high input impedance DVM hooked to a 20 megohm or
greater resistor, to and fro will give you a sporadic reading of the static charges on your
clothing.
A "control" experiment is to get naked and this effect goes away. You can try
this in downtown Seattle if you you wish Oh great Emperor, sporting the
latest fashion. :-)
> Also, it would charge any object struck by the air, and I don't think this
> happens.
> Also, it would charge any object struck by the air, and I don't think this
> happens.
>
The clothing removed from the dryer still have the charge.
Frederick
