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Why doesn't electricity get affected by gravity? (self.askphysics)

submitted 1 year ago by TheSmartDude to c/askphysics

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Electricity is in the form of electrons, which have mass. Everything that has mass is influenced by gravity. Therefore, why doesn't electricity fall down to the ground due to being influenced by gravity?

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[–] gramathy 3 points 1 year ago

The oil drop experiment shows this well, the oil drops are visible but the amount of charge is small, and yet even a weak electric field is sufficient to oppose gravity

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