Electrostatic Potential
Electricity and Magnetism
Giant Van de Graaff
Stories from Physics
for 11-14
14-16
The world’s largest Van de Graaff generator is housed in Boston’s Museum of Science and has two 4.5 m diameter spheres mounted on 7.6 m poles. The device is capable of generating a potential of 7 MV, over thirty times the output of a typical classroom Van de Graaff generator that can reach 200 kV.
References
A. Duncan, Alabama Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff, Guildford, CT, Globe Pequot Press, 2005, p. 246
