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Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Torsion Balance

published by the Florida State University
supported by the National Science Foundation
edited by Kristen Coyne
technical implementer: Matthew J. Parry-Hill

This interactive Java tutorial allows students to play with a replica of the historic torsion balance used by Coulomb in his 18th-century experiments to measure the electrostatic force between charges. By carefully recording the measurements he obtained with his torsion balance, Coulomb was able to establish the law that bears his name. Coloumb's law states that the attraction or repulsion force between two electrical charges is proportional to their product and inversely proportional to the square of their distance apart.

Mag Lab U is part of a large collection of web-based educational materials for K-20, developed by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University.

Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.

http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/torsionbalance/...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Technology = Multimedia Electricity & Magnetism - DC Circuits = Instruments - Electrostatics = Electrostatic Meters General Physics - Equipment - History	- High School - Middle School - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation = Tutorial

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Intended Users:: Learner
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Formats:: application/java
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2007 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/legal.html
Keywords:: Coulomb, Coulomb's Law, charge interaction, charge measurement, electrostatic charge, electrostatics, historical instruments, history of electricity, history of science, interactive simulation, science history, static charge, torsion balance
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created May 25, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: May 25, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 30, 2009

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This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.

Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Electric Force

In this Java simulation, your students play with a replication of Coulomb's historic torsion balance -- a device used to measure electric force between charges. Coulomb's methodical measuring laid the foundation for Coulomb's Law, a fundamental principle of electricity and magnetism.

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Topic: Electricity and Electrical Energy
Unit Title: Electricity: A Historical Perspective

In this Java simulation, your students play with a replication of Coulomb's historic torsion balance: a device used to measure electric force between charges. Coulomb's methodical measuring laid the foundation for Coulomb's Law, a fundamental principle of electricity and magnetism.

Link to Unit:

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<a href="http://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=10043">Coyne, Kristen, ed. Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Torsion Balance. Tallahassee: Florida State University, December 30, 2009.</a>

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Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Torsion Balance, edited by K. Coyne (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2007), WWW Document, (http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/torsionbalance/index.html).

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Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Torsion Balance, edited by K. Coyne (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2007), <http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/torsionbalance/index.html>.

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Coyne, K. (Ed.). (2009, December 30). Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Torsion Balance. Retrieved May 25, 2013, from Florida State University: http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/torsionbalance/index.html

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Coyne, Kristen, ed. Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Torsion Balance. Tallahassee: Florida State University, December 30, 2009. http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/torsionbalance/index.html (accessed 25 May 2013).

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Coyne, Kristen, ed. Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Torsion Balance. Tallahassee: Florida State University, 2007. 30 Dec. 2009. National Science Foundation. 25 May 2013 <http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/torsionbalance/index.html>.

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