J1-41: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
- ID Code: J1-41
- Purpose: Demonstrate the difference between materials that conduct electricity and those that do not.
- Description: Two electroscopes are charged with equal and opposite charges. The electroscopes are then connected by a clean rod of acrylic (left), that does not conduct, and of metal (right) that will discharge both electroscopes when it contacts both.
- Availability: Available
- References: http://http://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/images/refs/refsj.htm#J1-41
- Loc codes: J1b