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J5-20 OERSTED EXPERIMENT- LARGE COIL AND COMPASS

Category: J5 Magnetostatics

Purpose: Demonstrates that magnetic fields are generated around current-carrying wires

J4-32 DISCHARGE OF CAPACITOR WITH BANG

Purpose: Demonstrates that capacitors store electrical energy

J4-31 ENERGY STORED IN A CAPACITOR

Purpose: Demonstrates that energy is stored in a capacitor and how that energy may be used

J4-22 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR WITH DIELECTRIC

Purpose: Demonstrates that inserting a dielectric into a capacitor increases the capacitance

J4-04 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - IONIZATION OF AIR

Purpose: Demonstrates the mobility of ions

J4-01 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR

Purpose: Demonstrates that potential difference across a capacitor is proportional to the plate separation

J3-24 HOLLOW CONDUCTING SPHERE

Purpose: Demonstrates that charge resides on the outside surface of a conductor

J3-23 FARADAY CAGE - RADIOWAVES

Purpose: Demonstrates that radio waves cannot penetrate a Faraday cage

J3-21 FARADAY CAGE

Purpose: Demonstrates that the electric field within a closed conducting surface is zero

J3-14 FLUX MODEL - ELECTROSTATICS

Purpose: Aid in visualizing flux at an angle through a surface

J3-13 POTENTIAL SURFACE MODEL WITH E FIELD VECTORS

Purpose: Illustrates the relationship between the electrostatic potential and the electric field

J3-08 VAN DE GRAAFFS - INTERACTING FIELDS

Purpose: Shows field lines for two identical charges

J3-06 ELLIPSOIDAL CONDUCTOR

Purpose: Demonstrates that charge distribution on a conductor depends on the surface curvature

J2-13 PLASMA MACHINE - EYE OF THE STORM

Purpose: Demonstrates electrostatic discharge

J2-03 VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR WITH GROUND SPHERE

Purpose: Demonstrates the operation of a Van de Graff generator and illustrates electrostatic concepts

J1-24 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING

Purpose: Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion

J1-22 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - WIMSHURST MACHINE

Purpose: Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion

J1-21 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED CYLINDERS

Purpose: Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion

J1-11 ELECTROPHORUS

Purpose: Demonstrates an electrophorus

J1-01 TRIBOELECTRICITY - CHARGING BY FRICTION

Purpose: Demonstrates "charging by friction"
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