Static Electricity and examples of it in daily life

We know that all the matter ( things ) are made up of atoms and all the atoms are made up of subatomic particles namely protons which are positively charged , electrons which are negatively charged and neutrons which are charge less. When two materials come close together, either of them lose their electrons and the other, gain the electrons. Now this imbalance of charges on objects results in STATIC ELECTRICITY. Opposite charges attract. If one object has positive charge and the other , negative then they attract each other. Similar charges repel each other. If one one object has positive charge and the other also has positive charge, then they will repel each other. Now we will take a plastic comb and rub it against wool. As we rub , comb loses electrons because of friction ( in this case rubbing activity ) and becomes negatively charged. Now if this comb is taken near paper pieces, then paper pieces will get attract to comb and come near the comb. So paper pieces are positively charged. Now we will take same 2 plastic combs. Now we will rub both of them against wool separately. Now when we make the combs to come together, they will repel each other as both of them now are negatively charged. This phenomena commonly referred as static electricity.

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