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written by John Belcher
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This is an animation depicting a positively-charged particle repelled 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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Coulomb, animation, charge separation, electric field, electrostatic generator, electrostatics video, field lines, grass seeds, statics, video
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Metadata instance created April 6, 2010 by Caroline Hall
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J. Belcher, (2004), WWW Document, (http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffRepel/VDGRepel.htm).
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J. Belcher, MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Repelling a Charge (2004), <http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffRepel/VDGRepel.htm>.
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Belcher, J. (2008, May 2). MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Repelling a Charge. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffRepel/VDGRepel.htm
Chicago Format
Belcher, John. MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Repelling a Charge. May 2, 2008. http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffRepel/VDGRepel.htm (accessed 13 November 2024).
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Belcher, John. MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Repelling a Charge. 2004. 2 May 2008. National Science Foundation. 13 Nov. 2024 <http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/VandeGraffRepel/VDGRepel.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "John Belcher", Title = {MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Repelling a Charge}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {13 November 2024}, Month = {May 2, 2008}, Year = {2004} }
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Accompanies MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - A van de Graaff Generator Attracting a Charge

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