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Electric rain can eat through metal

76 pointsby sohkamyunglast Thursday at 12:04 PM14 commentsview on HN

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goda90today at 6:26 PM

> People have wanted to collect rain to create electricity, but that hasn’t worked on a large scale

It might be a useful effect for small electronics in damp environments where solar isn't a great option. Caves, rainforests, showers.

hinkleytoday at 6:34 PM

Wonder if this effect happens at all with stone.

khelavastrtoday at 6:04 PM

protonated rain aka acid rain

phendrenad2today at 6:34 PM

So if I pour water onto a huge dome of metal, it might build up enough of a negative static charge to jump a spark gap? New science exhibit idea!

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froh42today at 4:50 PM

pay/somethingwall

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