You might have observed on a dry day when you touch the screen of a television or computer monitor (with picture tube), you get a slight shock. Because the television screen or computer monitor has ____ on it .

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You might have observed on a dry day that when you touch the screen of a television or computer monitor (with a picture tube), you get a slight shock because the television screen or computer monitor has a static charge on it.
When we touch the television screen or computer monitor, we receive monetary shocks because they are charged and have static charges stored on their surfaces. As a result, when we touch the surface of a monitor or television with an uncharged hand, the charges flow through our fingertips, giving us a small jolt. When there is a difference in charge between two objects, charges always flow. Since our hands are uncharged and the television's surface is charged in this situation, the charged television screen transfers its charge to the uncharged hands when the two objects are brought together.
Therefore, when we touch a picture tube television or monitor, we experience a little shock due to the transmission of charge via our hands.

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