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Static Electrification

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As explained in Chapter 2, two bodies interacting with electrical forces are said to be electrically charged, or to have an electric charge. The main scope of this chapter is to explain how a body or material obtains such a charge.

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Jonassen, N. (1998). Static Electrification. In: Electrostatics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1182-0_3

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