Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:19:55 -0200
From: Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz <acmq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)

High Voltage list wrote:
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> From: David Sharpe <sccr4us@xxxxxxxxx>

> Michaels, Ben Franklin,(etc.) also have styrofoam balls
> that might also work as charge transfer media.

I have used styrofoam balls in "hailstorm boxes", but they only work
if painted with conductive ink (China). Otherwise they just stick
to one side (the positive in my boxes) and remain there.
The material has very high insulation.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz