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I doubt it has anything to do with molecular dipoles. More likely I'd guess ionized radionuclides adsorb onto macroscopic dust particles (or some similar mechan
by perihelions 3y ago
I doubt it has anything to do with molecular dipoles. More likely I'd guess ionized radionuclides adsorb onto macroscopic dust particles (or some similar mechanism), which then maintain a net charge imbalance.
- jpmattia 3y agoYeah, the wording in the explanation was particular suspect: > Polarized or polarizable objects are attracted to strong electric fields Polarizable objects align in an E field, they aren't attracted to the E field. I don't doubt you could contrive a field to move a polarized object, but the wording seems to be confusing an ionized object with a polarized object.
- _Microft 3y agoPolarized objects in inhomogeneous electric fields experience a net force. This effect is called dielectrophoresis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dielectrophoresis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dielectrophoresis