BS 7506-2 Standard Test for Measurement Methods in Electrostatics

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of BS 7506-2 testing. This part of BS 7506 contains standard measurement methods that provide reliable means for determining the values ​​of these properties of materials related to electrostatic phenomena.

A property important for electrostatic effects has a limited range of values, and it is useful to measure such a property only within this range. Therefore, simpler procedures are acceptable and fewer interpretation problems arise.

Electric fields are measured from the charge induced on a conductive surface. Field Meters (used to measure area) are of two main types: Induction probe and field mill instruments.

The potential of a conductive object can be measured by direct connection to an electrostatic voltmeter or voltmeter with a suitably high input impedance.

The potential of an insulating or conductive charged surface can be measured by the electric field it generates in a nearby field meter held at a constant potential, usually earth.

A more accurate measurement is obtained if the potential of the field meter is adjusted to give zero field on the field meter, in which case the potential of the meter is equal to that of the surface or location in the volume, often described as the 'voltage follower configuration'.

The potential of a localized region in a volume can be measured using a field meter in a simple or voltage follower configuration as above.

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