Voltage^2 Mass on

(10^6 V) balance
(-g)
1.0 0.7
4.0 2.2
9.0 4.9
16.0 8.5
25.0 13.0
36.0 18.2
49.0 25.7
64.0 34.5
Table 1. Voltage^2 against mass
on balance for air as the dielectric.

Separation 1/d^2 Mass on

, d (mm) (mm^-2) balance (g)
3.0 0.111 8.3
3.2 0.098 7.4
3.4 0.087 6.6
3.6 0.077 6.0
3.8 0.069 5.5
4.0 0.063 5.0
4.2 0.057 4.6
Table 2. Inverse separation squared, 1/d^2, against
mass on balance for air as the dielectric.

Voltage^2 Mass on
(10^6 V) balance
(-g)
1.0 2.7
4.0 9.2
9.0 16.3
16.0 28.3
25.0 41.6
36.0 50.1
49.0 58.9
Table 3. Voltage^2 against mass
on balance for acrylic as the dielectric.
Figure 2. linear approximation between voltage^2
and mass on balance.

Figure 3. linear approximation between inverse squared separation

and mass on balance.
 Figure 4. Comparison of linear approximation between inverse squared separation
and mass on balance for two dielectric materials: air (orange) and acrylic (blue).

gradient
Figure 5. Capacitors connected in parallel (grey)