Author_Institution :
Division, of atomic physics, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C.
Abstract :
Dependence of airplanes on static-free radio reception gives critical importance to the process of electrostatic charging by friction with ice crystals and snow particles, which produces corona discharge and resulting radio interference. Several methods have been proposed for the elimination of static with varying results. One, described here, is neutralization of the charge by artificially activating negative corona discharges of a type that does not interfere with radio reception.
