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Triboelectric effect

Charge transfer due to contact or slidingStyrofoam peanuts clinging to a cat's fur due to static electricityThe triboelectric effect (also known as triboelectricity, triboelectric charging, triboelectrification, or tribocharging) describes electric charge transfer between two objects when they contact or slide against each other.

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