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About lightning and lightning conductor
Lightning not only strikes on a lightning conductor installed on the building... Lightning can strike anywhere on the surface roof of the building even though that building has installed a lightning ...
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Reasoning why the lightning shocks doesnt cause any shocks to a person inside car if the conditon is not fully electrostatic
I am just confirming here how the concept of electrostatic shielding helps in preventing lightining to be not getting into the car inside .
So we know car has a metal body outside , so first consider ...
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Car hit by a lightning strike
In Griffiths' Introduction to Electrodynamics, at the Electrostatics chapter, in particular, in the conductors section, he says this after the stating that within an empty cavity surrounded by a ...
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Tree vs lightning rod: why does one burn and the other not?
I have this simple question, but I cannot find the answer.
I saw this video about a plane getting hit by lightning. In it, Captain Joe explains why people do not get electrocuted. This has a simple ...
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Electric charges
It is known that why we see a small bit of lightning or an electrostatic shock is when placing a negatively charged conductor to a neutral conductor, isn't it?
My question is why do feel hurt or ...
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Will putting a rubber cap on a steel bar prevent it from getting struck by lightning?
Let's say there's a stainless steel bar pointing to the sky from the ground.
Like this there's a possibility it gets struck by lightning.
Now would putting a rubber cap on top of the bar change this ...
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Natural electricity in the atmosphere - lightning
If air is such a poor electrical conductor, how can lightning be produced that appears to travel through it?
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