| Abstract: | Tribo-electrification is a process in which two bodies are contacted and separated with the result that each body becomes electrically charged. The connection between chemistry and charging is illustrated by describing, in some detail, contacting experiments between mercury and insulating organic materials after various chemical treatments of the organic surface. Introductions to selected topics are presented; principles for methods of measurment, some experimental results, an electroni model involving surface states for charging between a metal and an insulator, some factors limiting chargin, and some qualitative correltaions with the macroscopic compositions of the materials. |
