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    How do dryer sheets get rid of static electricity?

    Question #64955. Asked by kisstherainbow. (Apr 23 06 5:11 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		They, uh, lubricate.

    http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_175.html

    Apr 23 06, 5:56 PM
    peasypod

    		To expand a bit,

    When clothes tumble inside a dryer, friction causes an exchange of electrons on the surface of the materials. Some of the electrons are positively charged, and some are negatively charged, causing the materials to cling to one another. Dryer sheets are coated with positively charged substances that rub off on the clothes in the dryer in the presence of heat. With the clothes positively charged, there is no static cling.

    http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/060417_MM_static_electricity.html


    Apr 23 06, 9:27 PM

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