Experiment Ea-06
Repulsion and Attraction
Description: Two
ping-pong balls, coated with silver conducting paint, are suspended by nylon
strings to independent supports. The balls may be charged with like charges (with
either an ebonite or glass rod) to show repulsion. If they are uncharged and
then separated while in the electric field of a charged ebonite or glass rod,
they will attract each other.
Two
ping-pong balls hanging from a support system.
Left:
ebonite rod with cat's fur; Right: glass rod with silk.
Ping-pong
balls attracted to each other.
Materials: 2
Ping-Pong balls, conducting paint, nylon strings, two supports, charged rod
(ebonite + cat's fur or glass + silk)
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