Electrostatic Force
Electricity and Magnetism

Gold leaf electroscope

Practical Activity for 14-16 PRACTICAL PHYISCS

The device is used for detecting electric charge and can also identify its polarity, if compared with a known charge.

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Electrostatic charges

Historically, the first observations and experiments with electricity involved...

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Electrostatic Force
Electricity and Magnetism PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Charging by electrostatic induction

Class practical: electrostatic induction is a quick way of using a charged object to give something a charge, of the opposite...

Practical Activity 14-16

Electrostatic Force
Electricity and Magnetism IOP RESOURCES

Static gravity

Otto von Guericke developed a demonstration to make his case that the attractive force of the Earth was not gravitational in...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Ionising Radiation
Quantum and Nuclear PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Using an electroscope

A gold leaf electroscope measures potential difference between the leaf and the base (or earth). The leaf rises because it is...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Some students conflate magnetic and electrostatic effects

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