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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: ESD question
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Date: 12 Dec 89 03:38:07 GMT
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When a plastic is "anti-static" treated, that means it has been subjected
to a chemical process which removes highly polar groups on the surface
of the plastic, thereby reducing its tendency to generate static electricity.
It doesn't make the stuff conductive.  All the conductive plastics I've ever
seen were jet-black in color.