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you have likelyexperienced a shock in the winter after walking across carpet andtouching another person. explain how the types of soles (rubber orleather) on the shoes you both are wearing greatly influence thedirection and amount of charge of transfer

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Many people ask why they experience shocks when they touch something metal eg a door handle filing cabinet lift window frame photocopier etc Static electricity is generated whenever two materials are in contact with each other All materials are made up of electrically charged atoms In the universe    See Answer
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