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Van De Graaff Generator Experiment

 

Objectives

•To learn electric charge concept and the source of charge.

•To learn electrification the insulators by friction.

•To learn charging the conductors by contact.

•To learn charging the conductors by induction

•To learn working principles of electroscope and to use it in determination of charge sign.

•To explain the charge distribution of the conductors.

•To understand Coulomb’s Law defining electrical force between electric charges.

 

Curriculum Alignments

• AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

 

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