File talk:Cat demonstrating static cling with styrofoam peanuts.jpg
Yeah, but is the cat positively or negatively charged ! That's the question ![编辑]
My theory is that the material that strongest attracts its electrons keeps them and rubs off the electrons from the material that attracts its electrons more weaker. So in case of the balloon rubbing the cat; the balloon is plastic and that is an insulator = it keeps its electrons strongly to itself unlike metals or organics like woolen socks and cats and human hair. The strength of binding/attracting electrons to itself is electronegativity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronegativity and that depends on the size of the atom and the more it is in the Periodic Table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_Table on the right top, the more it is electronegatif and a larger atom. Hence: the balloon is negatively charged and rubs off electrons from the cat, so the cat is positively charged. And on the picture, I think you can derive there is a non-conductive film -some wax- over the wood that doesn't allow the cat to become neutrally charged again and then the styrofoam peanuts would fall off again. But now the question: true ... or not true this thesis? ;) Thy --SvenAERTS (留言) 05:09, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
I'm sorry if this is off-topic, but...[编辑]
This is hilarious. Great work. Fephisto (留言) 23:00, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Upscaled version[编辑]
Here you go:
Done using Upscayl. Peter Placzek (留言) 21:30, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
