MIT Physics 8.02: Experiment - Electrostatic Force

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This is an instructor's guide for an experiment to measure electrostatic force, using parallel plates made from two washers, insulating perf-board, and aluminum foil. Photos and detailed instructions are provided for experimental setup.

SEE RELATED MATERIALS for a Java simulation by the same authors on the topic of capacitance.

For an Excel spreadsheet developed specifically to accompany this experiment, see link below:
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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Capacitance = Capacitors - Electric Fields and Potential = Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy	- Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Instructor Guide/Manual = Laboratory

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Keywords:: Coulomb, Coulomb force, Pauli force, capacitance lab, capacitor lab, electric field, electric potential, electricity experiment, electrostatics experiment, electrostatics lab, interactive simulations, parallel plate capacitor, permittivity, point charges, representations, visualization
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 14, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: June 14, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: May 2, 2008

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MIT Physics 8.02: Experiment - Electrostatic Force:

Is Supplemented By MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - The Capacitor

This Java applet allows users to place up to 12 charged particles inside the two plates of a capacitor, as well as control the magnitude of charge within each plate. It gives users an easily comprehensible view of the Coulomb interaction as the charges distribute themselves within their enclosures.

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