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  2. Triboelectric effect - Wikipedia

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    Generally, increased humidity (water in the air) leads to a decrease in the magnitude of triboelectric charging. [99] The size of this effect varies greatly depending on the contacting materials; the decrease in charging ranges from up to a factor of 10 or more to very little humidity dependence. [ 100 ]

  3. Kelvin water dropper - Wikipedia

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    The higher the charge that accumulates in each bucket, the higher the electrical potential on the rings and the more effective this process of electrostatic induction is. [2] During the induction process, there is an electric current that flows in the form of positive or negative ions in the water of the supply lines.

  4. Electrostatics - Wikipedia

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    Electrostatic induction, separation of charges due to electric fields. Permittivity and relative permittivity, the electric polarizability of materials. Quantization of charge, the charge units carried by electrons or protons. Static electricity, stationary charge accumulated on a material.

  5. Sources of electrical energy - Wikipedia

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    Non-mechanical prime movers include water, steam, wind, wave motion and tidal current. These non-mechanical prime movers engage a turbine that is coupled to a generator. Generators that employ the principle of electro-magnetic induction carry out the final conversion of these energy sources. In order to do this, three necessary conditions must ...

  6. Faraday's ice pail experiment - Wikipedia

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    The induction process is reversible: in Procedure 4, when C is removed, the attraction of the opposite charges cause them to intermingle again, and the charge on the surfaces reduces to zero. It is the electrostatic field of the charged object C which causes the mobile charges to move.

  7. Electrostatic induction - Wikipedia

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    Since this process is just a redistribution of the charges that were already in the object, it doesn't change the total charge on the object; it still has no net charge. This induction effect is reversible; if the nearby charge is removed, the attraction between the positive and negative internal charges causes them to intermingle again.

  8. Electrophorus - Wikipedia

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    Charge conservation while using an electrophorus.. Charge in the universe is conserved. The electrophorus simply separates positive and negative charges. A positive or negative charge ends up on the metal plate (or other storage conductor), and the opposite charge is stored in another object after grounding (in the earth or the person touching the metal plate).

  9. Static cling - Wikipedia

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    An example of static cling; styrofoam peanuts clinging to a cat's fur, due to the charge of static electricity that builds up on the fur due to the cat's motions. Static cling is the tendency for light objects to stick (cling) to other objects owing to static electricity. It is common in clothing, but occurs with other items, such as the ...