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... comes from friction, possibly due to tiny deformations in the surface of materials.

That could also explain why some magical folks have more electrical activity. Their higher energy has more influence over the shape of things, because "solid" matter is really just a bunch of whizzing bits of energy.

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siliconshaman

Hmm... that would mean it should be possible to produce nano-texture meta-materials designed to maximise the production of static. Which is important, because a charged surface induces an opposite charge and the two cling together.

Think, super sticky surfaces, which work even underwater, and yet aren't sticky to the touch.

Or, if you want to to go the other way.. charge an air current with an alike charge, and watch it slide over your charged surface with zero friction.

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ysabetwordsmith

>> Hmm... that would mean it should be possible to produce nano-texture meta-materials designed to maximise the production of static. Which is important, because a charged surface induces an opposite charge and the two cling together.<<

Likely possible.

>>Think, super sticky surfaces, which work even underwater, and yet aren't sticky to the touch.<<

How do you keep it from turning into a giant dustcatcher? Because microfiber tends to do that. Viscose does it too. Microfyne, interestingly, does not.

>> Or, if you want to to go the other way.. charge an air current with an alike charge, and watch it slide over your charged surface with zero friction.<<

That probably contributes to zoomtech.

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siliconshaman

You could stop it turning into a dust collector by engineering so it also leaks charge.. Duct particles land on it, attached by the induced charge, but then they become charged from the surface...and alike charges repel.. so they fly off again.

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ysabetwordsmith

Then how would it still be sticky?

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siliconshaman

because a dust mote is smaller than whatever you're sticking to it. The charge would spread across a small object, like dust mote, but with larger items like say a post-it note sized bit of paper, the induced charge would be greater than the contact charge.

The difference is, the induced charge is internal and as size changes we get into cube -square laws.

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ysabetwordsmith

Ah, okay. So could that contribute to vrip? It acts a lot like velcro, but it's much softer, with a texture more like corduroy.

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siliconshaman

Yeah, it could do.. the greater the surface area, the greater the grip after all.

Although I would think it would have a slightly tacky feel, like the sticky strip of a post-it note. You could probably even manufacture it so that two strips develop opposite charges, making them stick to each other harder than they'd grip anything else.

and you do relaise, that means it wold be possible to make vrip, IRL.

Edited Date: 2019-09-13 11:02 am (UTC)