PASCO ES-9080A - Demonstration 3: Capacitance and Dielectrics

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Model No. ES-9080 Basic Electrostatics System
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Demonstration 3: Capacitance and
Dielectrics
Introduction
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Equipment Required:
Electrometer (ES-9078) Faraday Ice Pail (ES-9042A)l
Charge Producers (ES-9057B) Proof Planes (ES-9057B)
Electrostatic Voltage Source (ES-9077) Te s t le ads
13 cm Conductive Spheres (2)
(ES-9059B)
Variable Capacitor (Parallel
Plates) (ES-9079)
Capacitor (about 30 pF) (ES-9043) Sheet of dielectric material
(See Table 3.1 for options)
C
H A
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