Electric potential decay on polyethylene: Role of atmospheric water on electric charge build-up and dissipation

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-409

  Burgo, Thiago Augusto de Lima ^a   Rezende, Camila Alves ^a   Bertazzo, Sérgio ^a   Galembeck, André ^b   Galembeck, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Charge dissipation; Kelvin force microscopy; Kelvin probe; Polyethylene; Water

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WATER; CHARGE DISSIPATION; DISSIPATION RATES; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; INITIAL POTENTIAL; KELVIN FORCE MICROSCOPY; KELVIN PROBE; NEGATIVE POTENTIAL; NEGATIVE VALUES; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; POTENTIAL DECAY; SOLID-GAS INTERFACE; WATER CLUSTER;

ADSORPTION; ASSOCIATED GAS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEIONIZED WATER; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ION EXCHANGE; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 79959530035     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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