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Static electricity, contact history

Static electricity depends on materials' contact history, physicists show

For centuries, static electricity has been the subject of intrigue and scientific investigation. Now, researchers from the Waitukaitis group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have uncovered a vital clue to this enduring mystery: the contact history of materials controls how they exchange charge.

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Squishy materials reveal new physics of static electricity

The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together. Although static electricity is a daily phenomenon,

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Memory of previous contacts affects static electricity on materials

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Scientists unlock vital clue to strange quirk of static electricity

Now scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a critical factor explaining that ...

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Static Electricity Gets a Jolt as Scientists Solve Decades-Old Mystery

Static electricity affects everyday life in familiar ways—the shock from touching a doorknob, a balloon sticking to a child’s ...

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Static Electricity And The Machines That Make It

Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much ...

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