Crystallinity antistatic agents

The electrical dipole of the crystalline phosphates caused them to be of interest as potential anticaking and antistatic agents. It was relatively easy to induce a dipole into a crystal with a smaller diameter and a respectable aspect ratio of about 50. This aspect ratio is small when compared to many mineral fibers, but phosphate fibers could be dusted on charged surfaces to kill charge on a surface. Some crude experiments with charged sheets and cloth indicated that the fibers might be useful to counteract static electrical charges. 

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