Name: Streamers

Category: Electricity and Magnetism

Subcategory: Electric Fields and Potential

Classes: PHYS 102/106, PHYS 309

Comments: Attach streamers to the Van de Graaff generator. They will like to stick to the surface. Use the ungrounded probe to lift the ribbons off of the surface. They will arrange themselves so that they will follow electric field lines.

Equipment:

Van de Graaff Generator
Ribbon
Probe

Location: H104 D (top)

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