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Hi folks

here is another question about static electricity.

Some statically charged materials attract other materials. Is this
attraction caused by the magnetic component in electromagnetic fields?

Thanks in advance,

 

[Jon Slaughter]

Hi folks

here is another question about static electricity.

Some statically charged materials attract other materials. Is this
attraction caused by the magnetic component in electromagnetic fields?

No, it is caused by polarization. If you take something that is statically
charged and move it close to something else that has mobile electrons, those
electrons will be repelled away creating a positive region which attracts
the electrons. Both negatively charged regions are attracted by the and to
the positive region.

Magnetic fields are an observable effect from electricity and not the other
way around.