Re: Rolled Cap Supprise!

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Rolled Cap Supprise!
From: Jim Fosse <jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 04:15:46 GMT
Subscriber: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com Tue Jan 28 23:15:08 1997


>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 05:20:19 GMT
>From: Jim Fosse <jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Rolled Cap Supprise!
>
>Home Rollers,
>
[snip]
>I'm guessing that triboelectric charging caused it even though the
>relative humidity is 75%.
>
Today I received and application note from Maxim. In it was a
triboelectric series.

air	(most positive
hands
asbestos
rabbit fur
glass
mica
human hair
nylon
wool
fur
lead
silk
aluminum
paper
cotton
steel
wood
amber
sealing wax
hard rubber
nickel, copper
brass, silver
gold, platinum
sulfur
acetate, rayon
polyester
celluloid
orlon
saran
polyurethane
polyethylene
pvc
kel-f (cte)
silicon
teflon	(most negative)


I note that I had my hands (second most positive) on polyethylene
(fifth most negative).

	jim