012-03760E Coulomb Balance Table of Contents Section Page Copyright, Warranty and Equipment Return ........... ii Introduction ..................... 1 Theory ......................2 Equipment ......................3 Additional Equipment Recommended: ............. 3 Tips for Accurate Results ................4 Setup ......................5 Experiments: Part A Force Versus Distance ..............7 Part B Force Versus Charge ..............
Copyright Notice Equipment Return The PASCO scientific 012-03760E Coulomb Should the product have to be returned to PASCO Balance manual is copyrighted and all rights scientific for any reason, notify PASCO scientific reserved. However, permission is granted to non-...
012-03760E Coulomb Balance Equipment Setup NOTE: ä charging probe COULOMB BALANCE magnetic damping arm index arm torsion wire retainer calibration (pendulum) support tube coupling Plate conductive sphere on insulating toolbox with: thread one 50 mg mass spare torsion wire two 20 mg masses (3 meters) one hex key torsion wire...
012-03760E Coulomb Balance Setup Note Threading the Torsion Wire: ä copper rings counterweight 1. Loosen the top vane thumbscrew support 2. Loosen the side tube thumbscrew and rotate the index arm so it is parallel with the base of the lateral support bar Coulomb Balance.
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Coulomb Balance 012-03760E Align the spheres laterally Position the slide arm Position the spheres Slide Assembly Setup (Refer to Figure 5) Connect the slide assembly Align the spheres vertically top view side view Figure 5. Slide Assembly Setup...
Coulomb Balance 012-03760E Corrections to the data B = 1 – 4 To correct your data: corrected corrected (Part B) Force Versus Charge Method I: Method II:...
012-03760E Coulomb Balance (Part C) The Coulomb Constant F = k center line Measuring the Torsion constant, K mass copper rings support tube lateral support bar Figure 7. Calibrating the Torsion Balance a. Calculate the weight for each set of masses that you used. b.
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Coulomb Balance 012-03760E Measuring the Charges, q and q Method I: 12 NOTE: ä Method II: Conductive sphere on an insulating thread Electrometer Faraday ice pail Figure 8. Measuring the Charge with an Electrometer and a Faraday Ice Pail test test test test...
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012-03760E Coulomb Balance test test Calculations for the Coulomb Constant corrected corrected...
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Coulomb Balance 012-03760E Table 1. Force versus Distance Data and Calculations corrected Table 2. Force Calibration Data and Calculations Table 3. The Charge on the Sphere...
012-03760E Coulomb Balance Replacing the Torsion Wire IMPORTANTWhen Replacing the To replace the torsion wire, follow the numbered steps ä Wire: in Figure 9. When you're done, follow the instructions in the Setup section of this manual to balance the pen- dulum and to zero the torsion balance.
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Coulomb Balance 012-03760E . a. Using the torsion wire . a. Carefully lay the torsion clamp and a spring balance on its side. balance, pull the wire b. Thread the wire through with a force of the hole in the torsion approximately 4 knob.
If you have any explanations for this error, or Distance (cm) suggestions about how to improve it, please let us know. Call PASCO Technical support at (800) 772- A power regression of this data shows that there is 8700. an inverse-square dependence, as predicted by...
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