Posted by Ally on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 1:31pm.
Helen rubbed the chair as she stood up and that created a charge on her body opposite to the charge on the chair. She discharged to the door handle when she touched it and that created the shock.
As a note, some materials have a varying affinity for electrons, and can acquire a charge when rubbed with another material.
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