supported by
the National Science Foundation
written by
John Belcher
designer:
Michael Danziger
This is an animation depicting a negatively-charged particle attracted by the positively-charged sphere of a van de Graaff generator. The item may be viewed as a video or in stepped motion.
This item is part of a larger collection of visualizations developed by the MIT TEAL/Studio Physics Project to support an introductory course in electricity and magnetism. Lecture notes, labs, and presentations are also available as part of the MIT Open Courseware Repository: MIT Open Courseware: Electricity and Magnetism
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=9941">Belcher, John. MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Attracting a Charge. May 2, 2008.</a>
J. Belcher, MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Attracting a Charge (2004), <http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffAttract/VDGAttract.htm>.
Belcher, J. (2008, May 2). MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Attracting a Charge. Retrieved September 14, 2024, from http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffAttract/VDGAttract.htm
Belcher, John. MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Attracting a Charge. May 2, 2008. http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffAttract/VDGAttract.htm (accessed 14 September 2024).
Belcher, John. MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Attracting a Charge. 2004. 2 May 2008. National Science Foundation. 14 Sep. 2024 <http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffAttract/VDGAttract.htm>.
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Author = "John Belcher",
Title = {MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Attracting a Charge},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {14 September 2024},
Month = {May 2, 2008},
Year = {2004}
}
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A companion Quicktime animation that depicts the opposite process: a positively-charged particle being repelled by the sphere of a van de Graaff generator.