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Spontaneous Separation of Charged Grains
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Publisher: American Institute of Physics
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This article from the American Institute of Physics reports on research at Rutgers regarding the separation of two sets of differently charged sand grains. The two kinds of sand are…
http://web.archive.org/web/20080830051637/http://www.aip.org/pnu/2007/83...
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Research Helps Protect Against Lightning Damage
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This press release reports the efforts of the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center (NEETRAC). NEETRAC researchers generate artificial lightning to…
https://www.reliableplant.com/Read/16259/research-helps-protect-against-...
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Faraday's Cage
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This video from MIT demonstrates the effect of a Faraday cage in an electric field. A Benjamin Franklin figure is first shown exposed to the electric field before he is covered with…
https://techtv.mit.edu/videos/8839909cdd1645209757e3e01af939d5/
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Exploratorium: Snacks About Light
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This web page contains a set of more than 40 simple experiments, or "snacks", on the topic of light. Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature versions of popular exhibits at the…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/subject/light
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Moon Fountains
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This NASA site describes the atmosphere of dust on the moon produced by electrostatic forces. The site provides an explanation of the physics of this effect, along with diagrams that…
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/30mar_moonfou...
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Faraday Cage
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This site, from the University of Bonn, contains a video demonstrating how a Faraday cage protects a person inside from a potential of 100,000 V. In the end of the clip, the cage is…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUWxYesR5Wo
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The Van de Graaff Generator, 1933
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This website, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, provides a 1933 time-lapse photograph of a high-voltage electric discharge emitted by a Van de Graff generator. The…
http://web.archive.org/web/20170205181722/http://libraries.mit.edu/archi...
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University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity
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This site from the University of Virginia physics department provides an activity on electrostatic forces, performed with household materials. The activities show clearly that…
http://web.archive.org/web/20120203151439/http://galileo.phys.virginia.e...
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Electroscope
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This activity from the Exploratorium provides instructions to build an electroscope, a device that detects electrical charge. Common, inexpensive materials including film canisters…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope/
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PhET Simulation: Electric Field Hockey
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This webpage contains an activity that allows users to guide a charged object, or "puck", through a maze using the electric field created by point charges placed by the user. Options…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/electric-hockey
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