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Ice‐crystal contact electrification
Author(s) -
Hutchinson W. C. A.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708636913
Subject(s) - ice crystals , spheres , electrification , meteorology , materials science , contact electrification , mechanics , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , geography , triboelectric effect , physics , composite material , astronomy , electricity , quantum mechanics
An experimental investigation of electrification accompanying the momentary single contact of vapourgrown ice crystals at the same or at different temperatures suggests than any such effect is much smaller than might be expected from Reynolds's report on charging observed with riming spheres and vapour‐grown ice crystals.