Table 1 Triboelectric series of materials and their TECD.

From: Quantifying and understanding the triboelectric series of inorganic non-metallic materials

Materials

Average TECD (μC m−2)

STDEV

α

Mica

61.80

1.63

0.547

Float glass

40.20

0.85

0.356

Borosilicate glass

38.63

1.18

0.342

BeO

9.06

0.21

0.080

PZT-5

8.82

0.16

0.078

MgSiO3

2.72

0.07

0.024

CaSiO3

2.38

0.15

0.021

Bi4Ti3O12

2.02

0.21

0.018

Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3

1.76

0.05

0.016

NiFe2O4

1.75

0.07

0.0155

Ba0.65Sr0.35TiO3

1.28

0.11

0.011

BaTiO3

1.27

0.08

0.0112

PZT-4

1.24

0.12

0.011

ZnO

0.86

0.04

0.008

NiO

0.53

0.05

0.005

SnO2

0.46

0.02

0.004

SiC

0.31

0.07

0.003

CaTiO3

0.24

0.02

0.002

ZrO2

0.09

0.07

0.001

Cr2O3

0.02

0.01

0.00013

Fe2O3

0.00

0.02

0.000

Al2O3

−1.58

0.14

−0.014

TiO2

−6.41

0.18

−0.057

AlN

−13.24

1.35

−0.117

BN

−16.90

0.97

−0.149

Clear very high-temperature glass ceramic

−39.95

2.04

−0.353

Ultra-high-temperature quartz glass

−62.66

0.47

−0.554

  1. STDEV, standard deviation.
  2. Note: The α refers to the measured triboelectric charge density of tested materials over the absolute value of the measured triboelectric charge density of the reference material (PTFE).
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