MIT Physics Demo -- Inducing Dipoles with a Van de Graaff Generator

[AdOYOO]

creepy at the end with the chimes

[fortehlulz9999]

What is voltage and amperage of this device?

[Reckab]

@fortehlulz9999 It's over nine thousant!!!

[zed474]

@fortehlulz9999 I have a simple hand-crank one I used to teach my high school class that is rated for 150 kV. This model looks similar to one rated at 300 kV. The amperage is extremely low, however.

[jimmyshitbags]

i have seen these used in dozens of demonstrations, but i can't think of a single real world use for a van de graaff generator other than for shocking kids with

[sniperboy102]

lol i remember shocking other kids after touching it

[randomerinc]

awsome were learning about it in school but it wont let me put it on a pen drive

[ChoiceDowsing]

Don smiths dipole generator looks like an ancient egyptian "tet". Maybe the egyptians were harnessing magnetic resonance energy. Just remarkable similarities. Very nice video. demonstrates effects well. thanks for posting.

[derifaa]

Amazing Video! I guess Electromagnetic induction would have been better if instead of keeping the dipoles tangentially, they would have been kept them normallly wrt field.