How does static guard work?

Subject: How does static guard work?

Date: Tue Mar 31 18:04:39 1998
Posted by Chrissy
Grade level: undergrad
School: Wellesley College
City: Wellesley State/Province: MA
Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 891389079.Ch

Message:


I know that static guards contain tallow groups on a quaternary 
ammonium salt.  Is this done to make the surface slippery to protect 
the two surfaces from rubbing up against one another, or is the 
nitrogen's charge used to somehow counteract a static attraction?

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