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Coulomb force
- The force exerted by stationary objects bearing electric charge on other stationary objects bearing electric charge. If the charges are of the same sign, then the force is repulsive; if they are of opposite signs, the force is attractive. The strength of the force is described by Coulomb's law.
- Also called electrostatic force
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The researchers explain how they discovered that the electrostatic, or Coulomb, force is behind the dramatic but erratic behaviour of bulk sodium and potassium.
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