An experimental study of electric fields developed on metal surfaces under acceleration
Abstract
With relevance to the gravitational-induced electric fields near a conductor, a modulation technique was applied to the measurement of electric potentials along the surface of accelerating metals and a theory developed explicitly demonstrating the dependence of the induced electric fields on the chemical potential and surface dipole. Experimental results are presented for A, Mg, Cu, Ta and Ti samples under accelerations in the range of 0.05g to 0.5g. Suggestions are made for additional theoretical development and experiments to separate the surface dipole and chemical potential contributions.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975PhDT........13Y
- Keywords:
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- Acceleration (Physics);
- Electric Fields;
- Metal Surfaces;
- Aluminum;
- Chemical Properties;
- Copper;
- Gravitational Effects;
- Magnesium;
- Surface Properties;
- Tantalum;
- Titanium;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering