Aluminum Can Pith Balls

Rod, cloth, and two suspended aluminum cans
PIRA: 
5A20.28
Area: 
5 Electricity and Magnetism
Topic: 
5A Electrostatics
Concept: 
Coulomb's Law

 

Aluminum cans are used instead of pith balls to show repulsion of like charges.

 

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Scott Thomas
Demonstration Manager
828-262-2435
thomassa@appstate.edu