TERMS AND DEFINITION

Antistatic
Property of material which prevents triboelectric charge generation i.e. no charge generation due to rubbing (contact & separation)

Conductive
A physical property of material to allow charge movement.Charges move freely in highly conductive materials

Dissipative
This material conduct charges less freely than conductive materials

Electric field
Lines of force radiating form electrical charges which can cause charges to move on a conductor. These field can INDUCE a voltage on another object without making contact with it, thus increasing the chances of damaging ESD. Field lines do not exist on conductive surfaces

EOS/ESD Association
Electrical Overstress /Electrostatic Discharge Association, New York

ESD
Electrostatic Discharge - A sudden redistribution of static charge which can be damaging to sensitive components

ESDs item
ESD Sensitive item. Any part , assembly or product which can be degraded or damaged  by ESD

Faraday Cage A Closed conductive container, which provides ESD protection because all external electrical fields terminate on its outer surface. No such field is detectable inside a Faraday cage. The amount of protection increases as the container's conductivity increases

Insulator
A material  having  surface resistivity  more than  10 e 14  Ohm/square

Ionizer
A source if ions (charged air molecules) of both polarities, which are attracted to and neutralize static charges of opposite polarit

Static Charge
A positive or negative electrical charge at rest on the surface of a material, which generates an electric field and can be the source of a damaging ESD

Tribo-electricity
The transfer of charge by contact and separation of two surfaces. This charging by "rubbing is a common source of static charge generation