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fluidistic
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Say I just took my shower and I touched something like a metal part of a light bulb or something and I get electrocuted... Why did I get electrocuted? The answer seems simple, there was a non zero potential where I touched and thus a current flew through my internal organs and it eventually killed me.
Now why did the current took this path? Water from a shower contains ions and its resistance seems much, much lesser than my wet skin's one or the one of my internal organs. Why do the current take the body path in this case? I guess it takes both but it seems like it passes more inside the body than on its surface... kind of non intuitive.
I'd like an explanation. Thanks.
Now why did the current took this path? Water from a shower contains ions and its resistance seems much, much lesser than my wet skin's one or the one of my internal organs. Why do the current take the body path in this case? I guess it takes both but it seems like it passes more inside the body than on its surface... kind of non intuitive.
I'd like an explanation. Thanks.