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Yeah, the wording in the explanation was particular suspect: > Polarized or polarizable objects are attracted to strong electric fields Polarizable objects al
by jpmattia 3y ago
Yeah, 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