Keywords

Electrostatics, Triboelectric, Insulators, Pressure, Langmuir Isotherm

Abstract

Metal - metal and to an extent metal - insulator contact or triboelectric charging are well known phenomena with good theoretical understanding of the charge exchange mechanism. However, insulator – insulator charging is not as well understood. Theoretical and experimental research has been performed that shows that the surface charge on an insulator after triboelectric charging with another insulator is rapidly dissipated with lowered atmospheric pressure. This pressure discharge is consistent with surface ions being evaporated off the surface once their vapor pressure falls below the saturation vapor pressure. A two-phase equilibrium model based on an ideal gas of singly charged ions in equilibrium with a submonolayer adsorbed film was developed to describe the pressure dependence of the surface charge on an insulator. The resulting charge density equation is an electrostatic version of the Langmuir isotherm for adsorbed surface particles, which describes well the experimental observations.

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Graduation Date

2005

Semester

Fall

Advisor

Mucciolo, Eduardo

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Physics

Degree Program

Physics

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0000755

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0000755

Language

English

Release Date

January 2006

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)

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