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<blockquote data-quote="jethro" data-source="post: 220510" data-attributes="member: 1297"><p>Static electricity is a build up of electrons on the surface of an object that doesnt have a good path to earth. Generally works better on non conductive materials like plastics. I recently did some work on a machine in a plastic film factory that had a couple of big discharge wands that the operators used to remove the charge from the film before touching the polypropolene film coming off the rollers. It must have been one hell of a charge as these wands were fairly heavy duty. </p><p></p><p>Remember zapping your mates at school by rubbing your feet on the crappy synthetic carpet and charging yourself up then touching you targets arm with a biro.</p><p></p><p>I dont know what the naturally charged state of a gold partical is but your collector would need to be oppositely charged as opposites attract.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jethro, post: 220510, member: 1297"] Static electricity is a build up of electrons on the surface of an object that doesnt have a good path to earth. Generally works better on non conductive materials like plastics. I recently did some work on a machine in a plastic film factory that had a couple of big discharge wands that the operators used to remove the charge from the film before touching the polypropolene film coming off the rollers. It must have been one hell of a charge as these wands were fairly heavy duty. Remember zapping your mates at school by rubbing your feet on the crappy synthetic carpet and charging yourself up then touching you targets arm with a biro. I dont know what the naturally charged state of a gold partical is but your collector would need to be oppositely charged as opposites attract. [/QUOTE]
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