I had the concept of scaling up Maxwells' demon experiment to a marco scale.
Replacing molecules of gas with light, rigid, balls. Perhaps coated in magnets with varying poles so they never touch (non-interacting). Would suspend them in a thin fluid with neutral buoyancy.
I understand it may be far more prudent to just generate the static charge as needed. But thought if theres some already there then it might be enough to be conservative with.
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I'm interested in how static electricity is managed in vehicles. I remember...
In a post I made in the materials engineering sub forum someone mentioned the field extends only a few atomic spacings beyond the surface of a crystal, in the case where I was thinking a micro crystal grain.
After talking to a physics lecturer he mentioned that due to the positive and...