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Electrification of Liquid Drops

Nature volume 164, page 1003 (1949)Cite this article

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IT has been known for some time that electrification is produced when water breaks into drops, one of the earliest observations being made by Lenard, who found charged drops in the vicinity of a waterfall. This phenomenon is of interest in many ways, one of the most important being in connexion with the production of thunderstorms.

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    E. W. B. GILL & G. F. ALFREY

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GILL, E., ALFREY, G. Electrification of Liquid Drops. Nature 164, 1003 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641003a0

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