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Static electricity occurs when electrons transfer between materials upon contact and separation, resulting in one material gaining a positive charge and the other a negative charge.This charge imbalance leads to attraction or repulsion between objects. Commonly experienced in daily life, such as clothes sticking together or feeling a shock when touching a metal object.Brushing dry hair causes friction, transferring electrons and creating static electricity, making hair stand on end and stick to