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Static electricity
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- Summary
This animation illustrates a common classroom demonstration of electrostatic effects – that is, the movement of charges in a conductor as an electrostatic charge is brought near it, as well as when a conducting path is put in contact with the original conductor. The illustrations include force at a distance, polarization, the effects of electric fields, electric neutrality and the properties of conductors.
- Learning objectives
- To illustrate the charge movements that you can't see in the real demonstration.
- To address forces acting at a distance, and the separation of charges.
- How to use the animation
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- Keywords
- ground-wire, insulator, conductors, influence, electrostatics, charge, separation, triboelectric
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