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Explain why you may produce a static discharge if you touch a metal doorknob after walking on a wool carpet.

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what they said okay and thankyou for the person that put that awnser

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Your body now has a static charge. When you touch the metal knob, electrons suddenly move from your body through your fingertips to the metal doorknob as a static discharge.

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