Product Summary
With the Faraday Ice Pail, students can use the Electrometer to measure charge as well as potential.
Touch the Proof Plane to the point of interest on the charged body, then place the Proof Plane inside the Ice Pail. The Electrometer reading will be directly proportional to the charge on the Proof Plane.
The Faraday Ice Pail is 10 cm in diameter and 15 cm deep. It is made of wire mesh, so it is easy to see what is going on inside. The outside shield has a diameter of 15 cm.
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Faraday Ice Pail.
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High School / Physics
In this lab, students will use charge sensors to charge different objects by contact and to explore the electric field produced by various charged objects.
College • High School / Physics
Students investigate three methods of charging objects (by friction, by contact, and by induction) and demonstrate conservation of charge
College • High School / Physics
Students investigate how charge distributes on the surface of a conductive sphere and the relationship between charge and electric potential
College / Physics
Compare and contrast the results of three different methods of charging: (1) rubbing two objects together; (2) touching a charged object to a neutral one; and (3) grounding a neutral object while it is polarized (charging by induction)....
