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air molecules having the same polarity as that of the charged tip. Subsequently, the tip repels the like-charged ion cloud, which immediately expands due to the repulsion between the ions themselves. This repulsion of ions creates an electric "wind" that emanates from the tip, usually accompanied by
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due to misconceptions that only positive and negative ions were primarily involved in the phenomenon. A 2018 study found that electrons play a larger role than negative ions during the negative voltage period. As a result, the term "electric wind" has been suggested as a more accurate terminology.
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was the corona discharge pinwheel. The corona discharge from the freely rotating pinwheel arm with ends bent to sharp points gives the air a space charge, which repels the point because the polarity is the same for the point and the air.
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to experimentally determine that electrons and ions play an important role in generating ionic wind. The study was the first to provide direct evidence that the
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exceeds what is known as the corona discharge inception voltage (CIV) gradient, it ionizes the air about the tip, and a small faint purple jet of
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Net electric charges on conductors, including local charge distributions associated with dipoles, reside entirely on their external surface (see
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force responsible for the ionic wind is caused by a charged particle drag that occurs as the electrons and ions push the neutral particles away.
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a hissing noise due to the change in air pressure at the tip. An opposite force acts on the tip that may recoil if not tight to the ground.
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point is much stronger than the field generated by the same charge residing on a large, smooth, spherical conductive shell. When this
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arising at the tips of some sharp conductors (such as points or blades) subjected to high voltage relative to ground. Ion wind is an
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Fun with Static Electricity, Elliott County 4H - Science Fun, Inc. - Alan Kuehner (ret.) Brookhaven National Laboratory
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can be seen in the dark on the conductive tip. Ionization of the nearby air molecule results in the n generation of
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performs the inverse function, using ambient wind to move ions, which are collected, yielding electrical energy.
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Electrostatic Pinwheel, European, later 19th century - The Bakken - A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life
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B. Wilson in 1750 demonstrated the recoil force associated to the same corona discharge and precursor to the
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Electrostatic pinwheel:Van de Graaff makes pinwheel spin - Lecture Demonstrations - UC Berkeley Physics
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Robinson, M. (1960, June 8). Movement of Air in the Electric Wind of the Corona Discharge. (AD0262830)
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researchers built and successfully flew the first-ever prototype plane propelled by ionic wind,
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is the airflow of charged particles induced by electrostatic forces linked to
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Demo 41-06 Pinwheel - Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations
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An electrostatic pinwheel, or corona spinner, attached to a small
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Electostatic pinwheel - Indiana University Demo Reservation
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Charged-particle flow due to high electrostatic potential
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Robinson, M. (1962, May). History of the electric wind.
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In 2018, researchers from South Korea and Slovenia used
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phenomenon. Ion wind generators can also be considered
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Index

Ionic wind

Wimshurst machine
corona discharge
electrohydrodynamic
electrohydrodynamic thrusters
misnomer
MIT ionic wind plane
ion thruster
Francis Hauksbee
Royal Society of London
Schlieren photography
electrohydrodynamic
MIT
MIT EAD Airframe Version 2
Faraday cage
electric field
conductive
electric field strength
plasma
ionized
vaneless ion wind generator
Air ioniser
Ion thruster
Ionocraft
Plasma actuator
Hall-effect thruster
Magnetohydrodynamic drive
Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster
Pulsed inductive thruster

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