electrostatic force
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Researchers applied voltage to electrodes near the inner masses, creating an electrostatic force that counteracted gravity.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
The opposing electrostatic force, generated by the charged particles in the salt solution, prevents them from sticking completely.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025
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 ● Sep. 15, 2022
Since the electrostatic force decreases with distance, the repulsion of like charges is weaker than the attraction of unlike charges, and so there is a net attraction.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
It is a fact that they can be affected by electrostatic force, as is apparent in many of these experiments.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Martin, Thomas Commerford
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