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From: g6tmk <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 08 November 2002 11:53
Subject: LF: Re: Re: To Ponder over the weekend
It's easier to imagine work done in hauling out a thin piece of plastic
from
between two charged plates rather than sucking out some liquid - does the
liquid oil stick between the plates like a strong surface tension ?
Hugh
It might or might not, that's beyond my physics without digging out a
textbook. Even if it doesn't, energy has to be expended in moving it.
Steve
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> At a guess, the stored charge doesn't change, so the voltage will.
Energy
> has to be put into the system to move the oil, therefore the stored
energy
> can increase.
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> Am I close?
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> Steve
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