Photoelectric Effect Demonstration

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  • @Williscald
    @Williscald Рік тому +16

    What a great name for a camera assistant! Julianna Photopoulos, I hope your career in capturing light excels and brings you joy and prosperity.

  • @blubba7512
    @blubba7512 3 роки тому +271

    What did you learn in class
    me: 1:19

  • @rjofficial3206
    @rjofficial3206 4 роки тому +224

    Finally I understood photoelectric effect after 5 years of passing graduation, just from a 3 min video.

    • @unesalotte3419
      @unesalotte3419 4 роки тому +21

      it sucks because schools only teach theories but never actually demonstrate it in real life
      same happened with me

    • @rjofficial3206
      @rjofficial3206 4 роки тому +5

      @@unesalotte3419 exactly.

    • @nanumaya2159
      @nanumaya2159 3 роки тому +1

      Taxa. This uuaiuiiuuuuuuuuuzuzu7rrriRwgtyuopppooiiiijiikolpoooonb. This

    • @andrewtye5066
      @andrewtye5066 3 роки тому +3

      😁😁😁😁😁

    • @teaminsspark3787
      @teaminsspark3787 2 роки тому +6

      Wtf

  • @UsatMVS
    @UsatMVS 5 років тому +103

    Wow, this short video is pure masterpiece, very brief but concise, includes a nice demonstration and most important facts. I just learned a ton! Thanks

  • @minsugar9482
    @minsugar9482 2 роки тому +6

    thank you so much for this! i got a test tomorrow and the fact that this video gets straight to the point really helps.

  • @whatsinaname7289
    @whatsinaname7289 8 років тому +49

    THE BEST VIDEO I SAW ON THE TOPIC!!! Really astonishing!!!!
    Nice work!

    • @Darkduke1000
      @Darkduke1000 8 років тому

      +Mohamed Khaled the only astonishing thing is you think it's right,

    • @whatsinaname7289
      @whatsinaname7289 8 років тому +1

      +DarkDuke 2015 What? You think we were duped by this vid or something? What do you mean by "it"? Do you mean the vid or Einstein's work? Well, if you have something of evidence to show against any of those two, I'll be more than delighted to know it!
      P.S. That wasn't a joke; I love science and would be really happy to know about any new scientific research or evidence on the topic!

    • @Darkduke1000
      @Darkduke1000 8 років тому +2

      I mean that the photoelectric effect does not do anything at all to prove that light is particles and not waves. All it shows is that em waves effect electrons nothing more.

    • @whatsinaname7289
      @whatsinaname7289 8 років тому +2

      +DarkDuke 2015 Nice remark! I'm happy to find someone who reasons and thinks about what we call "accepted logic." I've thought in a similar way when I first learned that at my chemistry class, but you know, to be honest, 1- Particles push particles, and it somehow seems right that packets of concentrated energy (waves) act like particles (photons) that affect (or push) electrons.
      2- We don't see below the surface; most chemistry courses (and almost all scientific courses, in fact, almost all education) sadly tell you what is (or what they think is) without telling you why it's so. So there might be some mathematical or scientific base on which this is made, which, of course, we don't get 'cuz it's harder for those who teach us to explain it.
      Finally, I wanna thank you for thinking and for having the guts to argue with Einstein, which proves, no person is infallible. There might be someone, later on in the future, who will disprove what we accept today as reality, just as we disproved what those before us thought to be reality, and I think this is one of the many beauties of science: we can always add to it. Oh, and speaking of adding, scientists have recently added 4 new elements to the periodic table, putting on the finishing touches after more than (well, I don't know when was the original periodic table made!) years!!!!
      Thanks again, for thinking!

    • @whatsinaname7289
      @whatsinaname7289 8 років тому

      +DarkDuke 2015 Sorry for being a bit long, but I love reading and writing!

  • @user-mh3do2mp7i
    @user-mh3do2mp7i Місяць тому +1

    انا من العراق شكرا لكم لنشر العلم طالبة مرحلة الأخيرة من الثانوية

  • @efecanacar9875
    @efecanacar9875 4 роки тому +21

    Wow, this was really simple and it has helped me quite a lot. Thanks!

  • @2shaigur
    @2shaigur 5 років тому +4

    Thanks for a simple and coherent explanation for a complicated subject

  • @yeshvanthm9116
    @yeshvanthm9116 6 років тому +1

    That was really awesome! Thumbs up! Keep making such useful videos!

  • @itsagoodlifemacjoe
    @itsagoodlifemacjoe 2 роки тому +1

    This is beyond explicit! Thank you so much!

  • @djkatastrophic6383
    @djkatastrophic6383 Рік тому

    Omg thank you so much for this video, it gets right to the point with a great visible demonstration!

  • @RNHRK
    @RNHRK 8 років тому +1

    Great job.Simple and precise

  • @gandhibapu6198
    @gandhibapu6198 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Chetan Bhagat for teaching this concept in much easier way than my teacher

  • @sharonsolana
    @sharonsolana 8 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant demonstration, thank you!

  • @MrAndraaide
    @MrAndraaide Рік тому

    Brilliant: essential, clear, no sci-fi; pure science!

  • @halbdaf4615
    @halbdaf4615 3 роки тому +1

    thank you such an impressive demonstration

  • @victorhugomuzi
    @victorhugomuzi 6 років тому

    Such an elegant video and very clear.
    +1

  • @kiwumulocharles2530
    @kiwumulocharles2530 2 роки тому +2

    A good teacher you are

  • @RobinCawthorne
    @RobinCawthorne 6 років тому

    Awesome! Thanks for the share.

  • @velopeche-
    @velopeche- 2 місяці тому +1

    That was very interesting thank you for the time spent to explain this phenomenon!

  • @gayatrisonagharti7956
    @gayatrisonagharti7956 8 років тому +8

    He touched the zn plate to do earthing and remove positive charges. Feels gud to understand science!

  • @lekunberriko1
    @lekunberriko1 7 років тому +2

    Very good, brother.

  • @sumayafelic1518
    @sumayafelic1518 3 роки тому

    Thank you! Actually makes sense!

  • @oxanamishina
    @oxanamishina 6 років тому +5

    Very nice experiment! Great to do with students! One note about the presentation. The photo-effect CAN BE DISCRIBED with the WAVE theory of LIGHT if we take into account the quantum structure of the electron inside an atom (it was actually done soon after the atomic model was discovered). Here it is very interesting to notice that the very same photoelectric effect can be described by two models at the same time: quantumlight+clasical atom and classical light+quantum atom. Isn't it wonderful?! Well, now comes the question for you: "Which model to choose?"

    • @lekunberriko1
      @lekunberriko1 6 років тому +1

      Oxana Mishina // Photoelectric effect, at the time, was impossible to explain by wave model of light. This effect was the beginning of new physics with Compton effect, etc.

  • @hymavathijaladi3448
    @hymavathijaladi3448 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for the demonstration sir.
    Sir, I have a question. How rejected electrons be replaced under photoelectric effect.?

    • @Tulanir1
      @Tulanir1 10 місяців тому

      The electrons don't have to be replaced - the reason they are being rejected from the plate is because the plate is negatively charged at the start of the experiment (at 0:54) which creates a potential in the plate due to excess electrons.

  • @ahmetgazi5624
    @ahmetgazi5624 2 роки тому +1

    Just by looking at electron deflection behavior, arriving at particle notion seems very crude. Increasing the Intensity of the wave may not deflect electrons out of the metal, because electrons also possess wave behaviour. Electrons are particles with wave characteristics at the outskirts of their self spin. Although visible light may not deflect electrons out of the metal, it still energizes them.

  • @unesalotte3419
    @unesalotte3419 4 роки тому

    so clear! i finally understand

  • @capri2673
    @capri2673 2 місяці тому

    Very clear explanation. Thank you.

  • @James-eb7ph
    @James-eb7ph 6 місяців тому +1

    Are you sure that you aren't making the acrylic rod negatively charged?

  • @krishsatpati2476
    @krishsatpati2476 3 роки тому +1

    Nice explaintation sir!!! I understood everything

  • @ConstantindeChabot
    @ConstantindeChabot Рік тому +5

    My physics teacher made me watch this…

  • @jerryadore591
    @jerryadore591 Рік тому +1

    Thanks very much sir am a physics students but don't understand this until I came across your video 😂😂😂 thanks Prof

  • @henjelucy
    @henjelucy 5 років тому +3

    I agree with TheSoundsage, can you please explain clearly why you charge the rod, then touch the zinc, then remove the rod. also, the first time the UV light is introduced, i didn't know where the lamp actually was, so i was surprised to see the leaf going down. the second time the demo was done, i saw the lamp well.

    • @Tulanir1
      @Tulanir1 10 місяців тому +1

      Sorry for this late reply. Bringing the positively charged rod close to the zinc plate creates a positive potential in the plate to which electrons are attracted (opposites attract.) He introduces these electrons by touching the plate with his finger while the rod is close. If the rod weren't there, the potential in the plate would be neutral and no electrons would move into it. He then, crucially, removes the finger before removing the rod. If he removed the rod first, the potential would go neutral again and all the excess electrons would flow back into his finger. Hope this explains it.

  • @beratyalcn4501
    @beratyalcn4501 2 роки тому

    thank you for this video! it helps a lot.

  • @bucketrance
    @bucketrance 5 років тому

    His voice is soothing

  • @pierre_mla4476
    @pierre_mla4476 3 роки тому

    This is a great video !

  • @rajshuklarajshukla8470
    @rajshuklarajshukla8470 4 роки тому +1

    Thank u very much sir for this wonderful video
    How u will continue to make this type experimental videos

  • @amitanand7534
    @amitanand7534 8 років тому +10

    Why is it that this phenomenon cannot be described while thinking of light as a wave.
    Why is it that high energy waves can't knock electrons?

    • @josephfarrell1813
      @josephfarrell1813 5 років тому +11

      In the wave picture, frequency is not important. A wave of any frequency can have a large amplitude (call it brightness) and give enough energy to an electron to free it from the metal. But that idea fails, because visible light will never discharge the electroscope no matter how bright you make it.

    • @shanthala1345
      @shanthala1345 4 роки тому +2

      "NCERT grade 12 physics part 2" pretty much explains it

    • @veronicagorosito187
      @veronicagorosito187 4 роки тому +1

      Because this effect is not about energy, but frequency. From 430nm to 750nm there's visible radiation. Upper, is UV, and X rays, and last, Gamma rays. Independently from it's energy.

    • @Darkev77
      @Darkev77 4 роки тому +1

      Drake Danos awesome explanation! However, why cant we just include frequency as a factor in the wave model, and say that in order for wave X to transfer its energy to an electron, its wave needs to be at least of frequency Y (threshold frequency). I still dont clearly see why a photon model should be implemented!

    • @Darkev77
      @Darkev77 4 роки тому +1

      Joseph Farrell why cant we just keep the wave-picture by saying that the “ejection” of the electrons only depends on the frequency of the wave not the amplitude. While intensity only increases the number of waves/strings being released from the light source. Why is the photon-picture necessary?

  • @prasungupta
    @prasungupta 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, beautiful demonstration 😊, simply awesome💗.
    I liked the way how easily entire set up is made with simple things.
    My opinion:
    I think Negatively charged Zinc is required so that once electron gets removed from it ,then don't come back(excess charge has tendency to go away from each other)
    BUT If we started with neutral metal, then photo-electrons would have come back again to metal due to attraction of nucleus.
    OVERALL enjoyed the demonstration ☺️👍👍

    • @prasungupta
      @prasungupta 2 роки тому

      👍👍

    • @prasungupta
      @prasungupta 2 роки тому

      At first I was expecting when he brought UV Lamp closer, then we will be "seeing" UV Light getting fall on zinc, ....but soon I realised it is UV ( "invisible light")... How easily one get carried away under the common expectations 😅😋

  • @DynamicScience
    @DynamicScience Рік тому

    Hey!!...you have nailed it... 😍

  • @amaansiddiqui2376
    @amaansiddiqui2376 3 роки тому +1

    How can we be sure that it's not discharging because the big metal UV light is near it? Similar to the rod but opposite charge?

    • @6l816
      @6l816 2 роки тому

      Then, the lamp should do the job even if it is off and the gold leaves should rise again when you remove the UV lamp

  • @mizaanshamaun9573
    @mizaanshamaun9573 8 років тому +2

    I have a few questions
    Why was it that you put your finger down to discharge the golden leaf and then put the charged rod back on it?
    Also if you were to continue shining UV light on it why didn't the golden leaf apparatus get positively charged and so the golden leaf come move back out as electrons would have still be lost from the zinc plate?

    • @vibodhj349
      @vibodhj349 7 років тому +3

      Answer to your first question- To show us that the rod is positively charged which by induction makes the metal zinc plate negatively charged.(Rubbing it with that cloth makes it positively charged because the cloth is positively charged because of the fact that the negative charges are taken by the cloth by forcefully removing the negative charges)
      Answer to your second question- Because light is not charged.After light removes all the negative particles aka electrons the zinc metal plate becomes neutral. And because light is not charged, induction or any other charge transfer does not take place.
      HOPE THAT HELPED.

    • @aarushchaubey516
      @aarushchaubey516 3 роки тому +2

      ​@@vibodhj349 No, the finger wasn't to show us anything. If there was no finger used, no touching involved, the the electroscope leaves just come back to their closed position. The rod negatively charged, when brought near the plate, the plate separates out it's species, that is the positive and negative charges, positive staying there, negative going to the gold leaves. Then he uses his finger to take all the positive charges via him into the earth, leaving a imbalance and a net negative charge on the setup. I took help from this video: ua-cam.com/video/4UnggxPVCYw/v-deo.html for confirming myself.

  • @jonahansen
    @jonahansen 3 місяці тому

    I don't understand how, if the perspex rod is positively charged, the induction and then grounding by touch leaves a negative charge in the electroscope. If the perspex is positively charged, bringing it near the plate should draw electrons into the plate, and then grounding it by touch should allow them to leave, leaving th electroscope with a positive charge. What am I missing?

  • @veronicagorosito187
    @veronicagorosito187 4 роки тому +1

    Could it be that photons give energy, and this is what triggers the creation, hence, the release of electrons? An exchange of energy, instead of a particle colliding model?

    • @ranwaalsheikh5105
      @ranwaalsheikh5105 2 роки тому

      It's not a particle colliding model that would be Compton's effect
      What happens is that like you said about electrons receiving energy. There's no exchange the electrons absorb the photons and if the energy of the photon equal to or more than what we call work function (which a certain amount of energy necessary to extract the electron from the metal) it can "jump" outside of the metal. if the energy of the photon was more than the work function the rest is converted to kinetic energy and the electron can go on for a certain distance.

  • @Darkev77
    @Darkev77 4 роки тому +2

    Where do the ejected electrons go to? (What happens to them?)

    • @Darkev77
      @Darkev77 4 роки тому +2

      Nicholas Shutt wow thanks a lot bro!

  • @umairshaikh8048
    @umairshaikh8048 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant sir ❤️👍

  • @aclsp91
    @aclsp91 3 роки тому +5

    Muito bom , me lembrou minhas aulas na faculdade de Física, todo experimento é válido e de alguma forma os de Física são muito belos e harmoniosos parabéns

  • @briggs1209
    @briggs1209 5 років тому

    The discharge of the electroscope is not instantaneous. Does anyone know the underlying physics to explain why the leaf does not instantly drop? The number of photons per second incident upon the metal must be greater than the excess electrons on the electroscope.

  • @sumaiakassab
    @sumaiakassab 8 років тому +3

    عرض جدا جميل وبسيط وهدفه واضح وساعدني في شرح الدرس بارك الله فيك وجزاك خيرا

  • @haalandpersone
    @haalandpersone Рік тому +1

    do you understend frensh?

  • @gbolagadeolajide8595
    @gbolagadeolajide8595 Рік тому

    Thanks for this .

  • @jstinsane8309
    @jstinsane8309 3 роки тому

    Great video 😍😍

  • @user-rx7cj8ij3w
    @user-rx7cj8ij3w Рік тому

    you are the best one👍👍

  • @LesDominic
    @LesDominic Рік тому +1

    learned more in 3 min vs what my professor discussed in a week

  • @heartlytepai9475
    @heartlytepai9475 8 років тому

    Nice video and good demonstration, simple and give a clear picture to understand that complex theory.

  • @vmelkon
    @vmelkon 7 років тому

    So the zinc plate was positively charged.
    He then bombards the plate with UV and it discharges the plate.
    Where did the electrons come from?

    • @Aswin255
      @Aswin255 7 років тому

      The Zinc plate was negatively charged

    • @vmelkon
      @vmelkon 6 років тому

      1:50 OK, I did hear him say it has a negative charge.

    • @lekunberriko1
      @lekunberriko1 6 років тому

      From atom's shell. Energetic (uv, for Zn) photons strip out electrons of atom's outer orbits.

  • @ross350tube
    @ross350tube 2 роки тому

    So, The higher frequency of the UV light is increasing the rate of oxidisation, right? hence the importance of giving it a scrub before the experiment. That is how it is discharging. Could this experiment still work if the zinc plate was surrounded in a gas that prevented oxidisation?

    • @ross350tube
      @ross350tube 2 роки тому

      As zinc absorbs UV light, so it is used in sunscreen, I don't see how this experiment confirms an interaction with a particle of light.
      It's just a frequency of light is close enough to the resonance frequency of the zinc structure, allowing energy to be absorbed and increasing the rate of oxidisation.

  • @nityanandadas5575
    @nityanandadas5575 Рік тому

    I follow your nice demonstration. I get the photoelectric effect using zinc .
    But, it is not being possible using Aluminum. I think, work function of Aluminum is 4.28 eV and for Zinc this is 4.33.
    What may be the problem?
    Please.

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 9 місяців тому +1

      The problem is that aluminum in air is covered by a thick and very well insulating oxide layer. The electron simply can't get through that. One can probably prepare a fresh aluminum surface without oxide layers in an inert atmosphere and then it should work. It's a lot of effort for very little effect, though.

  • @mehmoodhassan7065
    @mehmoodhassan7065 13 днів тому

    In the photoelectric effect experiment ¹ ²:
    - A metal plate, usually made of zinc, is connected to an electroscope.
    - The electroscope is an instrument that can read the presence and relative amount of charges.
    - The metal plate is negatively charged by bringing a negatively charged rod close to the plate without touching it.
    - The negatively charged rod attracts some positive charges from the hand onto the zinc metal, and the positive charges remain on the zinc metal after its contact with the hand is removed.
    - The needle of the electroscope should deflect to indicate that the metal plate and all the parts in the electroscope connected to it are charged.
    - When a UV light is shone on the plate, the deflection of the needle decreases or disappears, indicating that the metal plate has been discharged, i.e., it has lost its negative charges.

  • @nafiulshovon584
    @nafiulshovon584 4 роки тому

    excellent video

  • @kyril98741
    @kyril98741 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the video. Need some explanation after reading throne of magical arcana webnovel.

  • @andreis8100
    @andreis8100 Рік тому

    nice video!

  • @Ganesh_76888
    @Ganesh_76888 6 років тому

    Excellent

  • @dynamicadithya1902
    @dynamicadithya1902 10 годин тому

    I was really thinking he's going to turn on the UV lamp when he brought it near the zinc plate XD

  • @shashnk6763
    @shashnk6763 7 років тому

    Awesome

  • @dosomething3
    @dosomething3 7 років тому +2

    A photon-particle's self-vibration ought to have nothing to do with its energy when impacting an electron. A light-wave on the other hand - makes complete sense that its small wavelength should effect the electron more than long wavelength.

    • @jacoblewis7845
      @jacoblewis7845 3 роки тому

      Not when you take into account the amplitude of the wave

  • @rijakunwar7655
    @rijakunwar7655 8 років тому

    thumbs up !

  • @EGMAG
    @EGMAG 2 роки тому

    ----I believe it is called the photo-electric effect , when a photon acts on a reacting electron , knocking it out of orbit , correct ?
    How can an electron be forced out of orbit after being struck by a force without mass ?---

  • @appytappy8995
    @appytappy8995 8 років тому

    then what is role of intensity in photoelectric effect and increasing the intensity why current increases linearly

    • @RNHRK
      @RNHRK 8 років тому +2

      +appy tappy Increasing the intesity of light does increase the photoelectric current as far as the frequency(and thus the Energy) of the photons is big enough to make electrons be emitted.If it the frequency is not big enough,there will be no photoelectric current no matter how much the intensity of the light will be

    • @aravindhkumar3976
      @aravindhkumar3976 4 роки тому

      Increasing the intensity increases the no of photons and that increases the no of electrons emitted thus more current

  • @bijanteimourian1927
    @bijanteimourian1927 3 роки тому

    Is it true that american army has photoelectron weapon that has an effect on brain?( x-ray laser capable of conveying electron )

  • @muhammadyousufsoharwardi
    @muhammadyousufsoharwardi 2 роки тому

    Studying this for my exam tomorrow!!

    • @anshik.k.t
      @anshik.k.t 2 роки тому

      unfortunatly this knowledge won't help you in exams bruh

    • @cornationboot8690
      @cornationboot8690 Рік тому

      @@anshik.k.t it will

  • @digguscience
    @digguscience 4 місяці тому +3

    This is something that earned Einstein the Nobel Prize

  • @thisfeatureisdumbandredundant
    @thisfeatureisdumbandredundant 5 років тому +1

    I wanted to know that if I used conduction instead of induction to charge the zinc plate, would it still work?

    • @thisfeatureisdumbandredundant
      @thisfeatureisdumbandredundant 5 років тому

      @Vaas Gaming.Inc I'll be using a PVC rod rubbed with cloth, the PVC pipe gets negatively charged.

  • @nicolashortiguera9432
    @nicolashortiguera9432 7 років тому +2

    Which wavelength of uv light is needed for this experiment to work?

    • @User-ts2jj
      @User-ts2jj 7 років тому +4

      (facepalm)

    • @forresterickson6225
      @forresterickson6225 7 років тому +2

      The non quantitative answer is You need a wave length shorter than the work function of the metal sample from which you are trying to knock off electrons.
      From the wikipedia page on Work Function the value for Zn (Zinc) is 3.63 - 4.9 and the unit is eV. (Why the range????)
      From the wikipedia page on Visible Spectrum the energe in visible light ranges from 1.6 (for red) to 3.26 (for violet) which is a bit shy of that required to liberate electrons from Zn.
      So ultra violet with a wave length of just a bit shorter (rough guess of (3.63-2.26)/3.26 or 11% shorter) than Violet should do it for the zinc with the lowest work function.

    • @nicolashortiguera9432
      @nicolashortiguera9432 7 років тому +1

      Thank you. I was able to do the experiment using a UV-C light and aluminium.

    • @vmelkon
      @vmelkon 7 років тому

      "From the wikipedia page on Work Function the value for Zn (Zinc) is 3.63 - 4.9 and the unit is eV."
      ==Ok, let's calculate the minimum wavelength for the UV light required.
      Convert 3.63 eV to J.
      E = 3.63 eV * 1.602176565e-19 J = 5.81590093095e-19 J
      Use E/h = v to find the frequency of the light
      v = 5.81590093095e-19 J / 6.62607004e-34 J.s = 877,730,071,647,416 Hz
      Let's convert that to a wavelength value with c/v = lambda
      lambda = 299792458 m/s / 877,730,071,647,416 Hz = 3.4155e-7 m
      lambda = 3.4155e-7 m = 341.55 nm

  • @engineerahmed7248
    @engineerahmed7248 3 місяці тому

    It doesnt prove photons r quantized but only proves electron orbits r freq dependent ie can be excited through resonance

  • @varunatetar6872
    @varunatetar6872 6 років тому

    Thank you for making things easier

  • @classica1fungus
    @classica1fungus 2 роки тому

    It finally clicked ! Thank you this helped me understand this important concept
    Albert Einstein was the fucking man dude

  • @mith_jain_here
    @mith_jain_here 3 роки тому

    Can someone please explain how did the plate get negatively charged in the first place?

    • @princesseze2148
      @princesseze2148 3 роки тому +1

      the ruler is positively charged after being rubbed so when it is brought near a surface (the plate), the electrons migrate to the surface as positve and negative attract each other. this is charging by induction.

    • @6l816
      @6l816 2 роки тому

      The rod gets positively charged when rubbed. When he brings the rod close to the plate, electrons in the electroscope are attracted to the rod, which makes the plate negatively charged while the leaves positively charged. When he touches the plate, some of the electrons in his body move into the electroscope. This makes leaves electrically neutral. The plate is still negatively charged because of the positive charge of the rod. When he lifts the finger and then, bring the rod away, the excess electrons in the plate are distributed throughout the entire electroscope. This makes leaves negatively charged and rise.

  • @TheSoundsage
    @TheSoundsage 6 років тому +4

    He could have done a better job explaining how, without touching the rod to the plate the negative charge was transferred to it.

    • @Tulanir1
      @Tulanir1 10 місяців тому

      Charge was only transferred from the finger. The rod is positive, not negative. The rod being positive attracts electrons toward it from his finger into the plate, which is close to the rod. When he releases his finger from the plate, the electrons are trapped on the plate.

  • @elymarshall2871
    @elymarshall2871 2 роки тому

    Wrist check ?

  • @Rajkumar-ml7ed
    @Rajkumar-ml7ed 4 роки тому +1

    I just found my school project!
    Thank you

  • @dribblersmy
    @dribblersmy 5 років тому

    THX

  • @DjonnyKrajkatoaSimataIrMsc
    @DjonnyKrajkatoaSimataIrMsc 5 років тому

    inspiring

  • @kayceehodges74
    @kayceehodges74 7 років тому +2

    what is the box called and how can i make my own?

    • @vijairamganeshmoorthy1946
      @vijairamganeshmoorthy1946 7 років тому +1

      It's called an electroscope.

    • @sreevishal2223
      @sreevishal2223 6 років тому

      it is called as gold leaf electroscope. but i dont know whether u want to need real gold to make it or not.

    • @aarushchaubey516
      @aarushchaubey516 3 роки тому

      @@sreevishal2223 one can instead make it with aluminium foil.

  • @ahmedhegazy699
    @ahmedhegazy699 6 років тому

    Great explanation . Thank you

  • @sunitagarg1039
    @sunitagarg1039 3 роки тому

    Thank u👍👍

  • @ramachandrat5245
    @ramachandrat5245 5 років тому

    thanks for showing demo for this experiment

  • @injusticeanywherethreatens4810
    @injusticeanywherethreatens4810 7 років тому +7

    How much ionizing radiation were you exposed to during this experiment?

  • @markzuckerberg6054
    @markzuckerberg6054 4 роки тому +3

    I certainly did not expect that accent!

  • @samuelwamwere4867
    @samuelwamwere4867 Рік тому

    wow.

  • @poopyakuza8891
    @poopyakuza8891 4 роки тому +2

    At 1:04 why is the gold leaf still negatively charged even though the rod is away from it

    • @aarushchaubey516
      @aarushchaubey516 3 роки тому

      the rod makes induces a dispersion in the metal and leaves. Positive charges get attracted to the metal and negative to gold leaf. gold leaf separate out due to the the negative-negative repulsions

  • @amelieli8704
    @amelieli8704 3 роки тому +1

    Does anyone confuse about the induction part? I suppose the glass rod hold in the hand is negatively charged after rubbing with the cloth (not positively charged mentioned in the video), so the metal plate can be positively charged after induction. Then the electrons will flow to the metal plate when it is earthed. The whole process can end up with exceed of electrons remaining on the metal plate and leaf.

    • @yutong9127
      @yutong9127 2 роки тому

      I was also confused when I watched this, and then did some reading i came up with the same conclusion as yours

    • @Tulanir1
      @Tulanir1 10 місяців тому

      There was no lie in the video; the rod is positively charged. Bringing the rod close to the zinc plate creates a positive voltage in the plate without charging it. This is why the leaf rises at 0:59. Now that the top of the plate has a positive voltage, electrons move onto it from his finger when he touches it. When he removes his finger again, the electrons are trapped on the plate.

  • @nationalstemcentre5692
    @nationalstemcentre5692  9 років тому +10

    *Photoelectric effect demonstration*
    Teaching Post 16 physics? Exploring particle physics? Then this demonstration is for you. Alom Shaha shows how ultraviolet light affects negatively charged electrons on a gold leaf electroscope.
    #photoelectric #particlephysics #physicsdemonstration #sciencedemonstration

  • @mehlikayldz6978
    @mehlikayldz6978 5 років тому

  • @TataePeerawatLaoarun
    @TataePeerawatLaoarun Рік тому +4

    Basically, UV light's proton has enough energy to release electrons, while visible light cant?

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 9 місяців тому

      Depends on the material. There are materials that have a low enough work function to release electrons even when illuminated by near IR light.

    • @kingcosworth2643
      @kingcosworth2643 6 місяців тому

      No such thing as a proton, unless a single 360deg wave of RF is called a proton

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 6 місяців тому

      @@kingcosworth2643 And there is the kid who didn't pay any attention in school. ;-)

  • @RSAsbiggestfan
    @RSAsbiggestfan 7 років тому

    please be my physics teacher!!!!

    • @revise4physics12
      @revise4physics12 6 років тому

      Hi Keis, The video is actually incorrect. I'm the greatest!

  • @ZaraAxelrod
    @ZaraAxelrod Місяць тому

    I need a quick reminder on how the electroscope works :/

  • @niloyislam110
    @niloyislam110 2 роки тому

    this is crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...............................................

  • @imperatoraugustus6887
    @imperatoraugustus6887 8 років тому +1

    Needs more Romans!