A recent study of dynamic transport on humid silica surfaces provides
data on the frequency dependence of the complex capacitance of humid s
ilica rods. This is now supplemented by data on the time dependence of
charging and discharging currents on humid silica rods with the relat
ive humidity, rod diameter, rod length, electrode material and the app
lied step voltage amplitude as the principal parameters. The results c
onfirm the ''fractal'' nature of charge transport and reveal important
complementary information on the non-linearity of the charging and di
scharging processes.