2007-02-27 04:20:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Everything you see is made up of atoms. They contain even smaller particles, called protons and electrons. Protons have positive electrical charges and they never move. Electrons have a negative charge and they move around.
Atoms usually have the same number of protons and electrons, so they cancel each other out and atom is neutral—it has no charge. When two things are rubbed together, sometimes the electrons move from one thing to the other.
The atom that loses electrons becomes positively charged, and the atom that gets more electrons becomes negatively charged. Two things that have different charges pull toward each other; two things with the same charges push away from each other.
When you take your hat off, electrons from your hat move on to your hair. Your individual hairs then have the same positive charge, so they move away from each other, and you look really funny..
2007-02-27 04:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must be human dynamo having a lot power in you. Your power transfers to your hat and so your hair stands. Learn about static electricity.
2007-02-27 12:35:23 · answer #2 · answered by Sym 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Static electricity. Your hair becomes charged with negative particles called electrons. Negative particles repel each other, and so if your hair is covered in electrons, it will move away from other hairs in the direction that it's free to move - up.
2007-02-27 12:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Static electricity
2007-02-28 05:46:17 · answer #4 · answered by Atmika H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Static electricity causes that particular phenomenon.
2007-02-27 12:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋