Electrical phenomena
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Electrical phenomena are commonplace and unusual events that can be observed which illuminate the principles of the physics of electricity and are explained by them. Electrical phenomena are a somewhat arbitrary division of electromagnetic phenomena.
Some examples are:
- Electroluminescence
- Electrical conduction
- Elves [1] (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/21/science/21SHUT.html?todaysheadlines)
- Ferroelectric effect
- Photoconductivity
- Piezoelectric effect
- Galvanic current generated by two different metals in contact
- Photoelectric effect
- Pyroelectric effect
- Sprites [2] (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/21/science/21SHUT.html?todaysheadlines)
- Static electricity static cling
- Sparks and lightning
- Telluric currents
- Triboelectric effect (materials which develop a charge when rubbed)
- Whistlers (radio waves produced by lightning [3] (http://www.altair.org/natradio.htm))
External links
- A beginner's Guide to Natural VLF Radio Phenomena (http://www.loscrittoio.it/Pages/MM-0700.html)
- Altair's site on Natural Radio Signals (http://www.altair.org/natradio.htm)