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Originally Posted by renormalised
Yes, true. But it's the loss of those electrons from the atoms on the surface of the dust grains which creates the charge and the field.
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You have to understand that as far as atoms are concerned (or, more correctly in this case, the nuclei and "their" associated electrons), there is no surface to anything. Atoms and matter, including dust motes, is essentially nothing but "empty space".