Professional Documents
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(SESSION 2019-2020)
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
PROJECT FILE
NAME OF PROJECT
SUBMITTED TO:
SHIVENDRA TRIPATHI
XII – A
ROLL NO. -
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the work is being presented in the project file on
the topic of “Estimation of Charge Induced on each of the two identical
styro foam balls suspended in a vertical plane by making use of Coulomb's
law” in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the subject of XII Class
Physics, is an authentic record of our own work carried out under the able
guidance of Mr. N K Sahu.
The work has been carried out at SARDAR PATEL PUBLIC SCHOOL, BHOPAL.
Shivendra Tripathi
XII - A
CERTIFICATE
I express our deep sense of gratitude to my respected and learned guide Mr.
N K Sahu, for their valuable help and guidance.
I am also thankful to all the faculty & staff members of our School for their
kind co-operation and help.
Shivendra Tripathi
XII - A
CONTENT
➢ Declaration
➢ Certificate
➢ Acknowledgement
➢ Objective
➢ Introduction
• Coulomb
• Coulomb's Law
• Electric Charge
➢ Experiment
• Aim
• Material Required
• Theory
• Procedure
• Observations
• Calculations
• Result
• Precautions
• Sources of Error
➢ Bibliography
OBJECTIVE
INTRODUCTION
COULOMB
Coulomb graduated in November 1761 from École royale du
génie de Mézières. Over the next twenty years he was posted to
a variety of locations where he was involved in engineering -
structural, fortifications, soil mechanics, as well as other fields of
engineering. His first posting was to Brest but in February 1764
he was sent to Martinique, in the West Indies, where he was put
in charge of building the new Fort Bourbon and this task occupied
him until June 1772.
COULOMB'S LAW
Historically the credit of discovery of the fact that amber rubbed with
wool or silk cloth attracts light objects goes to Thales of Miletus,
Greece, around 600 BC. The name electricity is coined from the Greek
word elektron meaning amber. The experiments on pith balls suggested
that there are two kinds of electrification and we find that (i) like charges
repel and (ii) unlike charges attract each other. The experiments also
demonstrated that the charges are transferred from the rods to the pith
balls on contact. It is said that the pith balls are electrified or are charged
by contact. The property which differentiates the two kinds of charges is
called the polarity of charge.
EXPERIMENT
AIM –
To estimate the charge induced on each of the two identical styro
foam (or pith) balls suspended in a vertical plane by making use
of coulomb’s law.
MATERIALS REQUIRED -
W=mg
=mgsin 𝜃
From the diagram in the right
In triangle ACB
𝑥
sin 𝜃=
2𝑙
q1=q2=q
Then at equlilibrium
𝑘𝑞×𝑞
mgsin 𝜃=
𝑥2
𝑥 𝑘𝑞2
=mg =
2𝑙 𝑥2
𝑚𝑔𝑥 3
q=
2𝑙𝑘
PROCEDURE -
1. Measure the mass (m) of each of the two identical pith balls using a
physical balance. 2. Hang the two balls from a rigid support using light
silk or cotton threads of same length ‘l’.
3. Rub the glass tod silk cloth to induce charge on it. Now touch the
glass rod with both the pith balls together so that equal charge is
induced on both the balls.
4. When left freely, the two balls will repel each other. Measure the
distance between the balls when are at rest. Note down the distance.
5. To change the charge on ball, take third uncharged ball touch it to
any one of the two balls and take the third ball away, and repeat step 4.
6. Take other uncharged suspended with other uncharged 4th ball and
take the 4th ball away and repeat step 4.
OBSERVATIONS -
𝑚𝑔𝑥 3
q=
2𝑙𝑘
RESULTS:-
The charge on each ball = _______C.
.
PRECAUTIONS -
SOURCES OF ERROR -
➢ http://www.ncert.nic.in
➢ https://www.wikipedia.org
➢ https://www.quora.com
➢ https://www.scribd.com