Insulator-insulator contact charging and its relationship to atmospheric pressure

    Authors

    M. D. Hogue; C. R. Buhler; C. I. Calle; T. Matsuyama; W. Luo;E. E. Groop

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Electrost.

    Keywords

    contact charging; insulator; triboelectrification; pressure; ELECTRIFICATION; POLYMERS; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

    Abstract

    Metal-metal and metal-insulator contact charging are well-known phenomena with good theoretical understanding. However, insulator-insulator charging is not as well understood. Surface ion exchange is suspected of being the mechanism of insulator-insulator triboelectric charging. Experiments have shown that the amount of charge exchange is highly dependent on the atmospheric pressure of the gas. We present a two-phase model based on an ideal gas of singly-charged ions in equilibrium with a submonolayer adsorbed film. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Electrostatics

    Volume

    61

    Issue/Number

    3-4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article; Proceedings Paper

    Language

    English

    First Page

    259

    Last Page

    268

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000222100500009

    ISSN

    0304-3886

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