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Here is the rub. Most of the online sources and in a kind of statement in my book says that we gain a negative charge when we rub our feet on the carpet. So when we touch a door knob we get a electric shock because the electrons is transferred from us to the door knob
However, Shouldn't it be the opposite? In the triboelectric series, Human body is on the top of the list.. So it is supposed to have a positive charge not a negative one.
Here is the series if you want it : http://soft-matter.seas.harvard.edu/images/8/8e/Tribo.png
However, Shouldn't it be the opposite? In the triboelectric series, Human body is on the top of the list.. So it is supposed to have a positive charge not a negative one.
Here is the series if you want it : http://soft-matter.seas.harvard.edu/images/8/8e/Tribo.png