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--- demonstrations:5_electricity_and_magnetism:5a_electrostatics:van_de_graaff_generator:start [2019/02/15 00:08] – demoroom
+++ demonstrations:5_electricity_and_magnetism:5a_electrostatics:van_de_graaff_generator:start [2020/02/07 16:33] (current) – demoroom
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 ====== Van De Graaff Generator ======
-{{tag>van_de_graaff electrostatics potential needs_review untagged unlocated}}
+{{tag> van_de_graaff electrostatics potential triboelectric_effect located}}
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 ===== Description =====
-Creates electrostatic charge in a shocking way!
+Classic physics demonstration. Creates large potentials using the [[wp>Triboelectric effect]] with a rubber belt and a metal comb.
 ===== Purpose =====
-To illustrate electrostatic charge created by friction
+To demonstrate the effects of a large electrostatic charge on various objects and to demonstrate what coronal discharge looks like.
 ===== Apparatus =====
+  *Van de Graaff machine
-Van de Graaff machine
+  *Franklin's Bell
-Franklin's Bell  Neon Light
+  *Neon Light
-Electrostatic Windmill
+  *[[demonstrations:5_electricity_and_magnetism:5a_electrostatics:electrostatic_windmill:start|Electrostatic Windmill]]
-Aluminum Pie Plates
+  *Aluminum Pie Plates
-Volunteer with long hair
+  *Volunteer with long hair
-Plastic Stand
+  *Plastic Stand
-Soap Bubbles
+  *Soap Bubbles
-(Could Also use the small Faraday Cage)
 ===== Setup =====
+Instructions for the use are marked on the machine. An electrostatic windmill, neon light and a stack of pie plates can be demonstrated with the machine. "Hair" can be made out of strips of paper so that the paper can stand up on end. Rubber mats are available for student to stand on to show hair standing up.
-Instructions for the use are marked on the machine. An electrostatic windmill, neon light and a stack of pie plates can be demonstrated with the machine. "Hair" can be made out of strips of paper so that the paper can stand up on end. Rubber mats are available for student to stand on to show hair standing up.
 ===== Notes =====
-If the belt in the smaller version of the van de graaff, make a replacement out of the vinyl shower curtain located in a box at the back of the room
-Updated on April 28, 2017
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-| **Location** | ---- |
+| **Location** | In front of OPQ (2 untested generators are in OPQ0) |
 | **Maker** | Unknown |
 | **Current State** | Working |