Tag: electrical charge
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Ice’s Hidden Charge: How Bent Salty Ice Sparks Electricity
Introduction: A surprising power inside ordinary ice Ice is more than just a cold medium for keeping our drinks cool. Recent experiments led by physicist Xin Wen at Xi’an Jiaotong University reveal that ordinary ice can generate electricity when it is bent, thanks to two electric phenomena: flexoelectricity and ferroelectricity. This discovery distinguishes ice from…