We Can Figure This Out Virtual Labs: Van de Graaff Generators

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written by John Bean
supported by the National Science Foundation and the International Business Machines

These series of pages provide a detailed tutorial on the principals behind the operation of a Van de Graaf generator through short animations. It is part of the University of Virginia Virtual Lab collection that covers the topics of electricity and magnetism, nanoscience, and microelectronics.

This project is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the University of Virginia, IBM, and Discreet Corporation.

Please note that this resource requires Quicktime.

https://www.wecanfigurethisout.org/VL/VDG.htm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electrostatics = Conductors and Insulators = Electrostatic Machines = Induced Charge	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Tutorial - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
- Educators - Learners	- video/quicktime - text/html	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2003 John Bean
Keywords:: Van de Graaf, electricity, generator, ground, static
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created December 23, 2010 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:: August 13, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 5, 2006

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