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A positively charged atom or group of atoms is a cation. (cat-i-on)
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@Pat At least those are fairly large peanuts...
Now it's annoying when the stuff are smaller pellets and you always miss a few!
@trinsec
Like from a beanbag chair. Those are impossible.
Another hard one is glitter.
@Pat And those plants whose seeds are sneakily clingy to fur, and you only start to notice it when petting them...
@Pat (Although that's got nothing to do with charges)
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@Pat I went off the line of stuff clinging to a cat's fur that is hard to remove, and deviated from the original post about clinging via static charges.
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@Pat I went off the line of stuff clinging to a cat's fur that is hard to remove, and deviated from the original post about clinging via static charges.