can you generate enough to shock someone to death?
2007-12-04 02:20:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
The human body has a capacitance of approximately 100 picoFarads. That's 100 trillionths of a Farad. In order to do some noticable harm, energy on the order of 100 Joules must be transferred to the human body. For 100 Joules to exist on a capacitance of 100 pF, the voltage must be:
100 Joules = 1/2 * 100 pF * V^2
V = 1.414 million Volts.
No common static source could contain that much voltage potential, in open air, because most of it would have 'bled' off to a much lower potential (at least by a factor of 10).
You would have to be near some specialized equipment designed to store great amounts of energy, in order to receive an accidental lethal charge. If you were near some of this type of equipment, there would be safety precautions and procedures that you would be required to follow to prevent an accident.
Walking across the carpet with rubber-soled shoes can only generate maximum voltages in the 10s of thousands of volts range. This will not produce enough energy to harm you -- just make you flinch when you feel the discharge.
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2007-12-04 03:18:58 · answer #1 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.When i was head comn dept a telecom mechanic got a static electricity but he got a bit of shock.Since then i arranged a rubber sheet ,an insulation, and without any shocks many persons could work in a big vehicle which can move from place to place.
Static electricity atracts body. parts without harm.
2007-12-04 02:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-06 18:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, many do every year. Try pumping your gas and have a static spark. Most are women because they get back in the car while pumping gas, or fire up the cell phone. These are real stats but dont remember where I got them, most likely Yahoo news
2007-12-04 02:29:54 · answer #4 · answered by Iwasthere 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some times the static force strong enough to stop ur heart
2007-12-04 03:54:51 · answer #5 · answered by koki83 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off course. The lightening is static elecricity.
2007-12-04 02:26:36 · answer #6 · answered by PETER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your talking about in a much larger scale (lightning), then Yes it will.
If your talking about just shoes scuffing on the carpet, then No.
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2007-12-04 03:15:13 · answer #7 · answered by deepdiver 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard of anyone killed by lightening.
I thought so.
2007-12-04 02:52:21 · answer #8 · answered by tomjc43 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU can't, but some objects can, if they are not protected by an isolant (porcelain, plastic, etc.)
2007-12-04 02:23:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if your pumping gas. <}:-})
2007-12-04 02:24:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋