electrostatic force

Scientific  

1. See Coulomb force

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Example Sentences

The opposing electrostatic force, generated by the charged particles in the salt solution, prevents them from sticking completely.

From Science Daily

Self-assembly occurs as a result of a delicate balance between two forces: the Casimir force, a directly measurable quantum effect that causes objects to be attracted to each other, and the electrostatic force that arises between charged surfaces in a salt solution.

From Science Daily

Electrostatic forces keep the test masses in the same relative positions to each other, so any difference generated in this applied electrostatic force would have to be the result of deviations in the objects' accelerations.

From Scientific American

Within this disk, a mix of gravity, aerodynamics and electrostatic force caused grains of dust to stick together, building larger and larger agglomerations—such as planetesimals, the kilometer-scale building blocks of planets—which ultimately formed the planets themselves within perhaps just a few million years.

From Scientific American

The goal is to send electrons close enough to atomic nuclei in a protein to feel an attractive electrostatic force.

From Science Magazine