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First of all we thank our beloved parents for providing us the opportunity to
study in Velammal Vidyalaya, Anuppanadi.
We thank our beloved Director Sri. M.V.M SASIKUMAR for being our
motivational force for the completion of this project.
We thank our Physcis Teacher Mrs. ANURADHA for encouraging and guiding
us to complete this project.
Last but not the least I thank all my friends who helped me in the completion
of this project.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
1 DECLARATION
2 CERTIFICATE
3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
4 OBJECTIVE
5 INTRODUCTION :
I. COULOMB
6 EXPERIMENT :
I. AIM
III. THEORY
IV. PROCEDURE
V. OBSERVATIONS
VI. CALCULATIONS
VII. RESULT
VIII. PRECAUTIONS
7 BIBLIOGRAPHY
9 CONCLUSION
OBJECTIVE :
To estimate the charge induced on each of the two identical styro foam balls
suspended in a vertical plane by making use of Coulomb's law and analyze the
impact of Coulomb's Law on suspended styro foam balls in a vertical plane. We
will explore the quantitative aspects of this phenomenon and its practical
Implications
INTRODUCTION :
COULOMB :
Upon his return to France, with the rank of Captain, he was employed
at La Rochelle, the Isle of Aix and Cherbourg. He discovered an inverse
relationship of the force between electric charges and the square of its distance,
later named after him as Coulomb's law.
COULOMB'S LAW :
This formula gives us the magnitude of the force as well as direction by noting
a positive force as attractive and a negative force as repulsive.
Noting that like charges repel each other and opposite charges attracting
each other, Coulomb measured the force between the objects, small metal
coated balls, by using a torsion balance similar to the balance used to measure
gravitational forces.
ELECTRIC CHARGE:
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
(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 :
THEORETICAL CONCEPT :
ELECTROSTATICS :
1. The force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the
charges, and is directed along the straight line that connects their centers.
We say that the rod has induced polarization in the insulator, but its
net charge is still zero. The polarization of charge in the insulator is small, but
now it’s positive charge is a bit closer to the negative rod, and its negative
charge is a bit farther away.
Thus, the positive charge is attracted to the rod more strongly than
the negative charge is repelled, and there is an overall net attraction. If the
negative rod is brought near an isolated, neutral conductor, the conductor will
also be polarized.
In the conductor, electrons are free to move through the material,
and some of them are repelled over to the opposite surface of the conductor,
leaving th e surface near the negative rod with a net positive charge. The
conductor has been polarized, and will now be attracted to the charged rod.
Now if we connect a conducting wire or any other conducting material from
the polarized conductor to the ground, we provide a “path” through which the
electrons can move.
Electrons will actually move along this path to the ground. If the wire
or path is subsequently disconnected, the conductor as a whole is left with a
net positive charge. The conductor has been charged without actually being
touched with the charged rod, and its charge is opposite that of the rod. This
procedure is called charging by induction.
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.
CALCULATIONS:
SOURCES OF ERROR :
BIBLIOGRAPHY :
➢http://www.ncert.nic.in
➢https://www.wikipedia.org
➢https://www.quora.com
➢https://www.scribd.com
REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS :
CONCLUSION :