PIRA 5C20.00 DIELECTRIC

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
5C20.00Dielectric
5C20.10capacitor with dielectricsPIRA 200Insert and remove a dielectric from a charged parallel plate capacitor while it is attached to an electroscope.
5C20.10capacitor with dielectrics5C20.10Insert and remove a dielectric from a charged parallel plate capacitor while attached to an electroscope.
5C20.10dielectricsEd-2The voltage is measured with an electroscope as dielectrics are inserted between parallel plates of a charged capacitor.
5C20.10capacitor with dielectricsE-70Various dielectrics are inserted between two charged metal plates to show the difference in deflection on an electroscope.
5C20.10parallel plate capacitor dielectricsDisc 18-20Charge a parallel plate capacitor with a rod, insert dielectrics and observe the electroscope. Animation.
5C20.11capacitor with dielectrics29-4.1Six demonstrations with a parallel plate capacitor and dielectrics.
5C20.12equation Q=CVE-4bThe bottom of a parallel plate capacitor is mounted on an electroscope, charge the top plate, touch the bottom, lift off the top.
5C20.13C-V relationshipsE-4cAn automated device to charge a capacitor and separate the plates. Reference: AJP 22(3),146.
5C20.14intervening mediumE-40Bring a charged rod close to an electroscope and interpose various materials between the two.
5C20.17helium dielectricPIRA 1000
5C20.17helium dielectric5C20.17Helium is blown into a charged parallel plate capacitor.
5C20.20force on a dielectricPIRA 1000
5C20.20force on a dielectricDisc 18-24A counterbalanced acrylic dielectric is pulled down between parallel plates when they are charged with a small Wimshurst generator.
5C20.21force on a dielectric - glass plateAJP 59(8),763A microscope slide is pulled into the gap between parallel plates of a capacitor.
5C20.22force on a dielectric29-4.14A elongated paraffin ellipsoid in a parallel plate capacitor turns when the field is turned on, kerosene climbs between parallel plates.
5C20.25attraction of charged platesPIRA 1000
5C20.25attraction of charged plates29-4.12A brass plate fitted with an insulating handle can lift a lithographic stone plate when 300 V dc is applied.
5C20.26attraction of charged plates29-4.13The top plate of a parallel plate capacitor is mounted on a triple beam balance so the force can be measured with and without dielectrics as the voltage is varied. Pictures, Construction details in appendix, p.1322.
5C20.27attraction of charged platesAJP 43(10),924The permittivity of free space is measured using a Mettler balance to determine the force between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor.
5C20.30dissectible condenserPIRA 200A capacitor is charged, disassembled, passed around, assembled, and discharged with a spark.
5C20.30dissectible condenser5C20.30Same as Ed-3.
5C20.30dissectible condenserEd-3A capacitor is charged, disassembled, passed around, assembled, and discharged with a spark.
5C20.30dissectible condenserE-64The inner and outer conductors of a charged Leyden jar are removed and brought into contact, then reassembled and discharged in the usual manner.
5C20.30dissectible capacitorDisc 18-25Charge a capacitor and show the discharge, then charge again and take it apart. Handle it, try to discharge it, reassemble it, and discharge it.
5C20.35bound chargePIRA 1000
5C20.35bound charge5C20.35
5C20.35bound chargeE-65The two coatings of a Leyden jar can be grounded successively without much loss of charge. When the two coatings are connected, there is a discharge.
5C20.40impedance of a dielectric29-4.8Place a small parallel plate capacitor in series with a phonograph pickup. Insert different dielectrics. High dielectrics have low impedance.
5C20.50breath figuresEd-4Blow on a glass plate that has been polarized with the image of a coin.
5C20.51Lichtenberg figuresE-66A pattern is traced on a dielectric from the two polarities of a charged Leyden jar. Litharge and flowers of sulfur sprinkled on adhere to the areas traced out with the different polarities.
5C20.60displacement currentPIRA 1000
5C20.60displacement currentAJP 42(3),246A toroidal coil is either placed around a wire leading to a large pair of capacitor plates to demonstrate Ampere's law or inserted between the capacitor plates to demonstrate displacement current.
5C20.61displacement currentAJP 32(12),916Measure the displacement current in a barium titanate capacitor.
5C20.61displacement current comment commentAJP 33(6),512More semantics.
5C20.61displacement current commentAJP 33(6),512The experiment in AJP 32,916,(1964) has nothing to do with displacement current in Maxwell's sense.
5C20.61displacement current33-4.1Measure the displacement current in a barium titanate capacitor. Diagrams, Derivation.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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