CONTACT POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATER AND ICE

The contact potential difference between water and ice has never been previously measured although this difference is of considerable importance in meteorology. In our opinion, it is precisely the collision of drops of water with ice crystals in clouds which causes the electricity of lightning. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arabadzhi,V. I.
Other Authors: SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1950
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Test Facilities
Equipment and Methods
Electricity and Magnetism
(*WATER
MEASUREMENT)
(*ICE
ELECTROMETERS)
VOLTAGE
ELECTRIC FIELDS
CLOUDS
ELECTRICITY
SENSITIVITY
PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
USSR
Ice
permafrost
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Summary:The contact potential difference between water and ice has never been previously measured although this difference is of considerable importance in meteorology. In our opinion, it is precisely the collision of drops of water with ice crystals in clouds which causes the electricity of lightning. The experiments show that the contact potential difference between water and ice is 0.17 plus or minus 0.025. Thus, contrary to the opinions of Simpson and Wilson, we believe the chief cause of the electricity of lightning is the contact potential difference between water and ice. (Author) O Kontaktnoi Raznosti Potentsialov Mezhdu Vodoi i L'Dom, trans. of Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Doklady, v60 n5 p811-2 1948.

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