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You can use plastic food wrap to cover a container by stretching the material across the...

You can use plastic food wrap to cover a container by stretching the material across the top and pressing the overhanging material against the sides. What makes it stick? (Hint: the answer involves the electric force. ) Does the food wrap suck to use if with equal tenacity? Why or why not? Does it work with metallic containers? Again, why or why nor?

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