im SHOCKED

Here I took a picture of a tag from a blow dryer. The tag says that the blow dryer should not be near water because there is a risk of death by electric shock. The reason why this is dangerous is because when this combines with water, the energy released by the electric shock if extremely powerful due to the amount of charge that is created when it combines with the water. The voltage is not necessarily the dangerous part of the shock, but the amount of charge that is produced when the blow dryer is in contact with water. If the voltage was high and the charge was not, then the shock would not be very dangerous.

Energized

This is a double A Battery that I took out of my T.V. remote. Mr. Blake has already shown us this example during class, but I am using this example again because it is the best way to describe the difference between electric potential energy and electric potential. These two concepts seem like they are the same thing, but they are totally different. Electric Potential Energy deals with the amount of stored energy an electric field can hold and how much work is being done. Electric potential is how much electric charge is in something. The equation for electric potential is electric potential energy/charge. The units for this is a volt. A volt is equal to joules/coulomb. 

These are some magnets that are attached to my fridge. I have them to hold other things on my fridge in place and so they do not fall. The reason why I am talking about magnets is because they are closely related to how an atom works. Two like charges repel each other, while on the other hand two opposite charges containing a neutral, positive, or a negative will attract each other. This meaning that if two positive charges were to be combined, they would repel each other and go away from each other. If a positive and a neutral charge were to be combined, then they would attract each other. This is how a magnet works. The charge between the fridge and the magnet are opposite, therefore they are attracted. This explains why the magnet is able to hold itself up on the fridge. 

Shocking Socks

Many people know of the old trick where you have socks on while standing on a carpet and you shuffle your feet back and forth to create an electrical charge throughout your body and then by touching the other person you transfer the electrical charge to the other person therefore shocking them. Although this trick is really cool, it does not work in Hawaii. The reason why it does not work is because in Hawaii, we are surrounded by water and therefore the air is too moist to create and electrical charge that can be transferred to another person with the old socks trick. It would be really cool if it would work in Hawaii though.