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Ok, so, I'm doing a little project on water molecules. More specifically, on, well as the title suggests, realigning them. Now, at first, i thought it had to do with magnetism, when in fact magnetism has to do with electron spin rather than charges. As I tried using an electromagnet, for the electric field, nothing worked.
The only thing that seemed to work at realigning the molecules was through static electricity from a glass rod or comb. However, I am not trying to redirect the movement of a stream of water, but to just rotate the molecules, in say, a jug (quasi-stationary). Any suggestions on how?
Also, from my reading of van de graaf generators, they don't seem to have to same pulling capabilities as a comb does, with static electricity.
Some equations pertaining to how to calculate the charge needed and force acting upon them would also be nice.
The only thing that seemed to work at realigning the molecules was through static electricity from a glass rod or comb. However, I am not trying to redirect the movement of a stream of water, but to just rotate the molecules, in say, a jug (quasi-stationary). Any suggestions on how?
Also, from my reading of van de graaf generators, they don't seem to have to same pulling capabilities as a comb does, with static electricity.
Some equations pertaining to how to calculate the charge needed and force acting upon them would also be nice.