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• a  concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity
  an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity

• The process adds electrostatic charges to the particles, which makes them clump together.
• Physicist Vernon Rossow likens a tornado to the rotor of an electrostatic motor, which turns as it transfers electric charges between a positive and a negative electrode.
• APECO tried to do the same, but its first electrostatic machines were plagued by costly production defects.

• static

News & Articles

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• TREK, INC. Introduces Charged Plate Monitor with User-Friendly Features
  MEDINA, N.Y., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  TREK, INC. , a designer and manufacturer of high-voltage power amplifiers and high-performance electrostatic instruments, sensors and monitors, will introduce ...
  June 18, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Comdel, Inc. Announces an Expanded Performance, High Voltage, Electrostatic Chuck with Voltages up to 15KV
  GLOUCESTER, Mass., June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  Comdel, Inc.  recently expanded its electrostatic chuck product line to include the ESC-HVXP, a 15KV supply, 1mA that is designed to enhance throughput ...
  June 14, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• George Van Tassel in San Jose Mercury News
  Van Tassel described the Integratron as a "machine, a high-voltage electrostatic generator that would supply a broad range of frequencies to recharge the cell structure."
• Richard Thalheimer in Business Wire (press release)
  Ionic Breeze Silent Air Purifiers have always met US government safety standards for ultra-low ozone by-product in electrostatic air cleaners as well as US standards for indoor medical devices,said Richard Thalheimer, founder, chairman and...
• Walter Isaacson in CBS News
  What it does is each one of these layden jars collects a bit of electricity,says Isaacson of the first battery. "They get it from the electrostatic machine and they sort of tie them all together and soon you have a very big charge."