Electrostatic attraction is the force that pulls oppositely charged particles towards each other. It's like a magnetic pull between positive and negative charges.
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Sentences with «electrostatic attraction»
- There are two - dimensional polymer - like assemblies that occur naturally, such as in cell membranes, where large molecules line up parallel to each other and are held together in a layer by electrostatic attraction. (newscientist.com)
- He recognized that polymers softer than polyurethane would squash more under electrostatic attraction and thus would provide greater mechanical strains. (scientificamerican.com)
- It's likely that setules get their grip on surfaces through van der Waals forces, electrostatic attraction between molecules that are within a nanometer of one another, although friction and other forces may also be involved, says Martin. (sciencemag.org)
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