5 Electricity & Magnetism

Rods and Cloths

Catalog: 
5A10.10A
Location: 
21-1

Arrangement of rods and cloths of different materials.

Static charge is produced through the triboelectric effect. The rods can then be used for various demonstrations, such as attracting neutral objects (like aluminum soda cans, packing styrofoam, or hole punched paper bits), charging an electroscope, or manipulating balloons.

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