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Q.Why does dust get deposited only on one side of the blades of a fan?

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The leading face meets slowed, high-pressure air that deposits its dust.

A rotating blade meets the air on its advancing face, where the oncoming air is brought nearly to rest relative to the blade — by Bernoulli's reasoning a slowed stream is a higher-pressure stream, and the dust it carries is driven against the surface, where microscopic films of oil and static charge hold it. The air passing the other face is in fast relative motion at lower pressure and shears loose particles away. The result every household confirms: one face of each blade grows a felt of dust while the other stays comparatively clean. …

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