Talk:Static electricity

message: The opening of the article is extremely vague on what static electricity actually is. " imbalance of electric charges" Does not answer the question of what it is, but only brings up more: What are the charges? what is a charge?, What is an imbalance? And no were does it have the word negative electron, which will help answer that question. Also, "The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge" Is also confusing: first of all, The reader still doesn't know what that charge is, so they don't know what moves away; And the words "by means of an electric current..." misleads the reader into thinking that the name to the act of moving is a means by it self. For example, I went to the city park by means of a car. The car is not the name of my movement. I had to go to a kids science site to actually learn what static electricity is. Pleas fix this, or i'll do it myself. K thank.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:56A:774D:2C00:2DB7:3AA6:A7C5:69CE (talk) 21:50, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction is misleading and confusing 

message: It's good to see someone taking time to refine and organize this article, however I think there is a problem with the new first paragraph and particularly the first sentence (see Wikipedia:STYLE#First_sentences).  The first sentence of an article should clearly and concisely define the subject of the article; to state that static electricity is a term used in a particular field does not fulfill this purpose.
This article was created to give a description of the human experience of static electricity for a general audience without going into the science of electrostatics.  The introductory paragraph as it stands just relates static electricity to electrostatics and then continues with a limited discussion of electrostatics.  Whatever the shortcomings of the previous introductory paragraph it was simple and to the point.
I propose moving back to something simpler, possibly including some of the new information, but certainly removing the current first sentence.  I would be interested to hear any thoughts/counter-arguments.--DJIndica (talk) 19:42, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introductory paragraph 

message: This article doesn't discuss neutral bodies being attracted to charged bodies at all! This is a complicated and interesting thing and it's not explained here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.127.131.143 (talk) 11:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This effect is discussed in two sections of the artical: the "Charge-induced charge separation" part of the Causes of static electricity section, and the part discussing charged adhesive tape in the Simple static electricity experiments section.  If you feel this needs expanding upon then feel free, or if you feel there are shortcomings in the explanation maybe you can mention them here.--DJIndica (talk) 03:04, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral bodies attracted to charged bodies 

message: In section about charged adhesive tape experiment, instead of "Do this with two lengths of tape and they will repel each other, demonstrating the fact that like charges repel", I think it would be more correct to state "Do this with two lengths of tape and they will repel each other, demonstrating the fact that negative charges repel each other" because this experiment doesn't demonstrate that positive charges repel each other. --Arjen Dijksman (talk) 09:07, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charged adhesive tape experiment 

message: I'm curious to know how static electricity is used in aircraft refueling and the flooring in operating theaters.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.253.97.109 (talk) 06:25, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Applications of static electricity 

message: I have a newspaper image of a static charged space volume is created and then a girl has her head partially inside the static charged space. It shows her hair with a static charge within the space, but still lying down outside the space. How is that explained.WFPM (talk) 00:09, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Static charged space volumes

message: Under the "contact-induced charge separation" subsection, the article discusses the "static cling" of a balloon adhering to a wall as "appearing to be suspended against gravity." It is not "appearing"; it is literally suspending against gravity. The electrostatic force is stronger than the gravitational force; there is no illusion involved.Jtcarpet (talk) 03:44, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor factual correction on balloon example 

message: I was looking for this kind of specific information but I only found a short sentence in the article referencing one link (other link was dead so I deleted it). I was after information on how static buildup changes with humidity in order to provide advice for how to eliminate static as a cause of problems in inkjet printing. 
http://www.keyence.com/ss/products/static/resource/solution/insulator.jsp
http://www.kirinoikeuchi.co.jp/eng/technical_information/relationship_between_humidity_and_static_electricity.html
Perhaps this information should be considered for addition? I think those two links are for specific, commercial devices and not general guidelines in many situations. In any case, both those graphs seem to agree that static starts to drop off at the 50% humidity mark so I think I will use that as a minimum recommendation for my work and that anything above 80% is not required. Our working RH% is 30%-70% anyway.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.123.199.143 (talk) 01:31, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change in static buildup relative to humidity and temperature 

message: im just doing a science project bibliography so i want to know the sources of the article. thats all
Monkey1212 (talk) 20:13, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: there's a reflist at the bottom. not to mention every source cited is listed as a footnote.  Cannolis (talk) 20:54, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2015 

message: I don't have edit privileges as this article is semi-protected. Mind replacing NASA's Crackling Planets ([21]) URL to https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/10aug_crackling ? Thanks :)
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/10aug_crackling  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.28.101.157 (talk) 18:48, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  NASA dead link 

message: I suggest replacing the first sentence “Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material.” with “Static electricity is type of electrical energy caused an imbalance of electrical charges within or on the surface of a material.”
Convertibility into magnetic or thermal energy are basic characteristics of static electricity.  Conversion of static electricity into energy makes static electricity quantifiable.  Vze2wgsm1 (talk) 11:54, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition of static electricity