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Charge transfer between rigid spheres separated in an electric field
Author(s) -
Latham J.,
Freisen R. B.,
Mystrom R. E.
Publication year - 1966
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.49709239311
Subject(s) - spheres , electric field , charge (physics) , materials science , field (mathematics) , atomic physics , electric charge , mechanics , transfer (computing) , physics , molecular physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , astronomy , parallel computing , computer science , pure mathematics
Measurements have been made of the maximum separation X at which charge is transferred by means of a discharge process between two rigid spheres of radii r and R located in a uniform external electric field E . The experimental relationships between X, E, r and R are in good agreement with the calculations of Davis (1964). It was observed that for small separations charge transfer occurs even in the presence of weak external fields because the local field between the near surfaces of the spheres is greater than the external field strength by an amount that increases rapidly as their separation decreases.