ahhh, Van de Graaff, words fines hairstylist :) anyway, at the beginning, you said that its first application was to accelerate particles to high speeds, but how? its a very good demo on electrostatics but how can it do that? like a particle accelerators we have today or some other idea?
It is simply the fact that the charge on the surface of the sphere generates an electric field. Any charged particle placed in this field will accelerate. Our demo is limited because we cannot exceed the breakdown voltage of air (~30,000 V/cm), however. This concept is nicely explained in more detail in this video: ua-cam.com/video/Q9bijrQfS6E/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared&t=729
I ame also physicis but an engineer, I like that Van de Graff, it looks powerful. What is the model? Regards from the London, UK 😊
Hello You can find it here store.sciencefirst.com/van-de-graaff-generator-400kv-negative
ahhh, Van de Graaff, words fines hairstylist :) anyway, at the beginning, you said that its first application was to accelerate particles to high speeds, but how? its a very good demo on electrostatics but how can it do that? like a particle accelerators we have today or some other idea?
It is simply the fact that the charge on the surface of the sphere generates an electric field. Any charged particle placed in this field will accelerate. Our demo is limited because we cannot exceed the breakdown voltage of air (~30,000 V/cm), however. This concept is nicely explained in more detail in this video: ua-cam.com/video/Q9bijrQfS6E/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared&t=729