VRD: static electricity on magnetic surfaces

Subject: VRD: static electricity on magnetic surfaces

Date: Tue Feb 27 18:57:29 2001
Posted by Christinal
Grade level: 7-9 School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: MI Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 983318249.Ph

Message:


>My science Fair experiment on static electricity is proving that the
>static charged ballon sticks longer to Steel than to Aluminum.
>Aluminum is more conductive than steel but a magnet sticks to the
>steel and not the aluminum.  How can I find out why the steel seems
>to hold the balloon longer than the aluminum?
>
>Christinal

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