Pre-Laboratory Report

Lab Act No. ___ 3______ Section: 12STEM-_____13______ Group Number: ____6_______

Statement of the Problem

A charged particle has the capacity to bring about an electric field to the area surrounding it.
Electric force will occur to any additional particle placed in this area. At a given point, the electric force
per unit charge that is experienced by a test charge will be equivalent to the electric field. In order to
determine the strength of the electric field, both the rate of voltage change at a certain point and the space
between the electric field lines parallel to the equipotential surface will be measured.

Hypothesis

Point charges will have radially oriented electric field lines perpendicular to the equipotental
surface. Its electric field is also radial; hence the strength of the electric field is proportional to the
distance from the charge. The closer the proximity, the stronger the electric field. On the other hand,
parallel plates will have electric field lines perpendicular to the equipotental surface and parallel to the
plates. Since there is a fixed distance between the plates, the strength of the electric field will remain the
same at all points on the plates.

Framework & Schematic Diagram

Beginning

Connect the red lead to
Prepare the materials
V jack and the black
needed
lead to COM jack.
Place the
Set the dial to 20V DC
conductive/resistive
and turn on the digital
paper on the circuit
multimeter.
board.

Attach the power Attach the red post in Create two holes in the
supply to the posts: one connector and the Put the point charge paper. Holes must be
back to black and red to black post in the other connector on each hole. oposite to each other
red. connector. and in the middle.

Connect the voltmeter Label the point charges

Seek approval from Plug in the power
to the posts: black with grease pencil;
your teacher regarding supply and set it to 6.0
(COM) and red ground = 0.0 V and
your experiment setup. V.
(posistive). posistive = 6.0 V
Framework & Schematic Diagram

Part 1
Equipotential lines

Detach the Bring it close Connect the

Mark with Identify eight Repeat the
red lead of to the ground dots with
dot and move points where process and
the voltmeter until the Mark each pencil to
the lead the voltmeter locate 2.0 V,
and drag it reading point. create an
across the reading is 3.0 V, 4.0 V
across the become 1.00 equipotential
paper. 1.00 V. and 5.0 V.
paper. V. line.

Electric Field Lines and Intensity

Calculate the elctric
field (∆𝑉/∆𝑋) at the 3.0 Place the multimeter
V equipotential and at leads in each end of
the center of the paper. the tip holdder. Put
the positive lead, as Pivot the
• Measure ∆𝑉 between two
points must be close to soon as possible next black Place the red lead
Connect
each other and on either to the 6.0 V point lead until on this indention. Repeat Remove
Repeat the dots
sides of 3.0 V charge (sightly off- the Pivot the black steps 1-6 the paper
Press the step 5 with a
equipotential. Use clear center of a line that maximu lead around this starting and
plastic tip holder to tip mark until 0.0 pencil.
sill connect the two m location to from 6.0 record
maintain a 1 cm separator location V is This is
point charges). Hold voltmete identify the V point the data.
distance. reach. electric
the positive lead r reading direction of the charge.
• Calculate 𝑉/𝑚 at this field line.
point.
stationary and pivot in highest ∆𝑉.
• indicate the location on
ground lead around it. reached.
the paper and label this as Observe changes in
electric field strength. the voltmeter
readings (∆𝑉).

Part 2
Parallel Plates
Attact the
other Draw the
parallel best
Attach a plate smooth
Extend the
new sheet Set up one connector Use the Repeat curves
Connect equipoten
of parallel to the Outline procedure steps 5-7 through
the dots tial line to
conductive plare ramaining the in part 1 to he process points
and label it at least
paper to connector two posts parallel locate the for 2.0 V, with the
with the three
the circuit so that it so that the plates with 1.0 V 3.0 V, 4.0 same
voltage points past
board connects parallel the pencil. equipoten V and 5.0 potential.
value. the ends
using four two posts. plate tial. V. These are
of plates.
posts. connector the
is parallel equipoten
to the first tial lines.
connector.

Electric Field Lines and Intensity

Measure field
Starting at the Draw 6 to 9 lines strength between
positive electrode on between the both plates by
the diagram, draw a electrodes, and calculating. Calculate the
∆𝑉
line to the negative above and below 𝐸=− Find the average devation of each
∆𝑋
electrode. Make sure their ends. Use for each adjacent value of E. value and find the
that the line crosses arrows to show the pair of equipotential average deviation.
an equipotential line direction of the lines. Let ∆𝑋 be the
at the right angles. elastic field. distance from the
positive electrode.