Description
The Wireless Electrostatics System includes all the components needed to perform quantitative electrostatics investigations with the Wireless Charge Sensor.
Topics Covered
- Production of charges, equal and opposite
- Charge by induction
- Principle of the Faraday Ice Pail
- Charge transfer
- Charge distribution in electric fields
- Capacitors and the Q=CV relationship
- Moving charges and current
What’s Included
- 1x Wireless Charge Sensor (PS-3240)
- 1x Charge Producers and Proof Plane (ES-9057C)
- 1x Faraday Ice Pail (ES-9042A)
- 1x Electrostatics Voltage Source (ES-9077)
- 1x Conductive Spheres (ES-9059C)
- 1x Electrostatics Materials (SE-6658)
Wireless Electrostatics Experiments
Perform quantitative electrostatics investigations using the Wireless Charge Sensor and various electrostatics apparatus.
Subject: Physics
Activities
- 01) Electrostatic Charging Methods
- Students investigate three methods of charging objects (by friction, by contact, and by induction) and demonstrate conservation of charge
- 02) Measuring Charge on a Conductive Sphere
- Students investigate how charge distributes on the surface of a conductive sphere and the relationship between charge and electric potential
- 03) Exploring How Materials Gain Electric Charge
- Students investigate the effect of rubbing insulating materials with various fabrics and the electric field surrounding charged objects