Triboelectric series and charging properties of plastics using the designed vertical-reciprocation charger

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 66, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 578-583

  Park, Chul Hyun ^a   Park, Jai Koo ^b   Jeon, Ho Seok ^a   Chun, Byoung Chul ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Suwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charger; Plastic; Tribo charging; Triboelectric series; Vertical reciprocation

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHARGE DENSITY; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ISOMERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SEPARATION;

CHARGER; DENSITY OF PARTICLES; MASS RATIOS; MATERIAL SEPARATIONS; MIXED SAMPLES; OPTIMUM CHARGES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RETENTION TIMES; SEPARATION EFFICIENCIES; SEPARATION SYSTEMS; SINGLE SAMPLES; TRIBO-CHARGING; TRIBOELECTRIC SERIES; VERTICAL-RECIPROCATION; WASTE PLASTICS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 56149090280     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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