Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 640 views

    Activity #2 - Electroscope

    Uploaded by

    TUSHAR DASH
    The document discusses how an electroscope works to detect electric charge using induction. It explains that an electroscope contains a metal disc connected to two hanging metal leaves. When a charged object is brought near the disc, the leaves react differently depending on whether the object is positively or negatively charged. If positively charged, the leaves spread apart, and if negatively charged, the leaves collapse inward. Touching the disc with one's hand after induction grounds the excess charge, causing the leaves to return to their neutral position. Grounding removes the induced charge by providing a path to earth.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Activity #2 - Electroscope

    Uploaded by

    TUSHAR DASH
    640 views4 pages
    The document discusses how an electroscope works to detect electric charge using induction. It explains that an electroscope contains a metal disc connected to two hanging metal leaves. When a charged object is brought near the disc, the leaves react differently depending on whether the object is positively or negatively charged. If positively charged, the leaves spread apart, and if negatively charged, the leaves collapse inward. Touching the disc with one's hand after induction grounds the excess charge, causing the leaves to return to their neutral position. Grounding removes the induced charge by providing a path to earth.

    Original Description:

    electroscope

    Original Title

    Activity #2- Electroscope

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document discusses how an electroscope works to detect electric charge using induction. It explains that an electroscope contains a metal disc connected to two hanging metal leaves. When a charged object is brought near the disc, the leaves react differently depending on whether the object is positively or negatively charged. If positively charged, the leaves spread apart, and if negatively charged, the leaves collapse inward. Touching the disc with one's hand after induction grounds the excess charge, causing the leaves to return to their neutral position. Grounding removes the induced charge by providing a path to earth.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    640 views4 pages

    Activity #2 - Electroscope

    Uploaded by

    TUSHAR DASH
    The document discusses how an electroscope works to detect electric charge using induction. It explains that an electroscope contains a metal disc connected to two hanging metal leaves. When a charged object is brought near the disc, the leaves react differently depending on whether the object is positively or negatively charged. If positively charged, the leaves spread apart, and if negatively charged, the leaves collapse inward. Touching the disc with one's hand after induction grounds the excess charge, causing the leaves to return to their neutral position. Grounding removes the induced charge by providing a path to earth.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 4

    Name:

    Class:

    Electroscope
    Charging by Induction

    Learning Objectives:

    1. To be able to understand the function of an electroscope.


    2. To be able to understand the process of charging an electroscope by Induction.
    3. To be able to understand the mechanism of grounding a charged object.

    Electroscope is a simple device which is used to test the presence of charge in an object. The first
    electroscope was a pivoted needle (called the versorium), invented by British physician William
    Gilbert around 1600. The gold-leaf electroscope was developed in 1787 by a British scientist
    named Abraham Bennet. Gold and silver are among the best conductors of electric current and
    hence leaves of these metals are used in electroscope.

    Versorium

    The working principle of an electroscope is based on the idea that like charges repel each
    other while unlike charges attract each other.

    An electroscope is made up of a metal detector knob on top which is connected to a pair of metal leaves
    hanging from the bottom of the connecting rod. When no charge is present the metals leaves hang
    loosely downward.

    But, when an object with a charge is brought near an electroscope, one of the two cases can
    happen.

    Using the given simulation., https://javalab.org/en/electroscope_en/


    explain with technicality the observations in the given two cases:
    1
    Case 1: Describe the changes in the orientation of leaves you would experience if a positively
    charged rod is brought near the metal disc.

    Case 2: Describe the changes in the orientation of leaves you would experience if a negatively
    charged rod is brought near the metal disc.

    2
    Q. Are the changes temporary in the two cases? Explain why / why not?

    Now, bring negatively charged rod near the metal disc. Then, bring the human hand to touch
    the metal disc.

    Q. What do you observe? Why do you think that happens?

    Q. Does the hand as act as “ground”? Explain why.

    Take the hand away from the electroscope, followed by the charged rod.

    Q. What do you observe when you bring back the hand in contact with the metal disc? Why?

    3
    Repeat the same observations for positively charged rod now.

    Bring positively charged rod near the metal disc. Then, bring the human hand to touch the
    metal disc.

    Q. What do you observe? Why do you think that happens?

    Q. From this and previous observation, what would you conclude about “GROUND”?

    Take the hand away from the electroscope, followed by the charged rod.

    Q. What do you observe when you bring back the hand in contact with the metal disc? Why?

    You might also like