Why a static electric charge may have been produced in the tumble dryer?
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Static cling is when clothes cling together after being removed from the dryer. It is caused by rubbing the various materials together when they are very dry.
Explaining, in the fabrics some electrons are negatively charge, others are positively charged. Oppositely charged objects attract each other and objects with the same kind of charge repel each other. When the opposite electrons meet...Zap! But if these charged electrons aren't strong enough to zap, they cling.
The tumbling action of the dryer causes fabrics to rub against each other and build up the electrostatic charges.
Explaining, in the fabrics some electrons are negatively charge, others are positively charged. Oppositely charged objects attract each other and objects with the same kind of charge repel each other. When the opposite electrons meet...Zap! But if these charged electrons aren't strong enough to zap, they cling.
The tumbling action of the dryer causes fabrics to rub against each other and build up the electrostatic charges.
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An electrostatic charge builds up on clothes due to the triboelectric effect when pieces of fabric rub against each other, as happens particularly in a clothes dryer. The separate positive and negatively charged surfaces attract each other.
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