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Raindrops Can Cause 9,000-Volt Zaps That Eat Through Your Car's Paint

Using atomic force microscopy, researchers found defects on the surface that had eaten through both the Teflon film and the copper.

Raindrops Can Cause 9,000-Volt Zaps That Eat Through Your Car's Paint

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Using atomic force microscopy, researchers found defects on the surface that had eaten through both the Teflon film and the copper.

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Using atomic force microscopy, researchers found defects on the surface that had eaten through both the Teflon film and the copper.

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