The ESD Control Program Handbook. Jeremy M. Smallwood

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       Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data

      Names: Smallwood, J. M. (Jeremy M.), author.

      Title: The ESD control program handbook / Jeremy M Smallwood, Electrostatic

      Solutions Ltd, Southampton, UK.

      Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2020]

      | Series: IEEE | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020006384 (print) | LCCN 2020006385 (ebook) | ISBN

      9781118311035 (hardback) | ISBN 9781118694572 (adobe pdf) | ISBN

      9781118694558 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Electronic apparatus and appliances–Protection. | Electric

      discharges. | Electrostatics.

      Classification: LCC TK7870 .S5265 2020 (print) | LCC TK7870 (ebook) | DDC

      621.381/044–dc23

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       To Jan, who has often put up with my grumpy non‐communication while I've been writing this book. To Alia, now making her own life journey. To Caroline, who tragically died so young.

       To the subject of electrostatics and ESD, that has kept me occupied, perplexed and challenged for many hours.

       To the many people who have attended my courses and asked so many awkward questions that helped me understand while trying to explain. To my fellow ESD practitioners whose opinions and expertise give us many interesting, and sometimes heated, debates – and who mainly agree the answer to most electrostatic questions is – “it depends.”