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6.1 Electrostatics
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Charge sticks to adhesive tape
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Transfer charge from sphere to sphere
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Model of electrostatic voltmeter
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Increasing separation of capacitor plates at constant charge
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Increasing separation of capacitor plates at constant voltage
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No electric field inside tin cans
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Van de Graaff generator
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Segner wheel with ions
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Mirror image force
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Confetti
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Maypole
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Wig
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Cheesecake moulds on Van de Graaff generator
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Johnsen-Rahbek effect
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Gauss's law 1
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Gauss's law 2
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Electric field lines
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Fishing rod
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Thomson scales
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Faraday cage
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Separating charges
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Capacitor drives motor
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Separation of charges with water drops
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Coulomb's law with torsion balance
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Potential lines
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Sparks from ball to ball and ball to pointed tip
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High-voltage insulator
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Christmas baubles
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Force on dipole
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Water jet in electric field
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6.2 Electric current
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6.5 High-frequency
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Thomson scales
Experiment no.: 6.1.15
The force between the two plates of a capacitor is measured as a function of voltage.
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Weighing scale
Three different distances
Three different distances, quadratic scale
Six different distances
Six different distances, quadratic scale
Putting 5 grams on and off the scales
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Force as a function of the voltage
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