Leyden Jar Capacitor Demonstration, The Dissectible Leyden Jar

Demonstration of a dissectible Leyden jar capacitor. Includes information on how to charge a leyden jar with a Wimshurst machine or Van De Graaff generator. With this leyden jar, you can dissasemble it after it has been charged, sending the pieces around the classroom. After you collect the pieces of the Leyden jar, you can re-assemble it and discharge it. The charges reside on the plastic insulating cup of the Leyden jar.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Leyden Jar
• Wimshurst
• Van De Graaff
• High Voltage

[senoleker]

Experiment ise out of frame. This is "invisible" experiment :)

[thelth88]

hey there, if you add magnets to your design it could spin it for you, and then you've got yourself some free energy. try it out and let me know the results.

[mrdualspace]

I did not see the instructor stress the main point in this demonstration, namely that the stored energy for the spark was stored not on the plates but on the plastic dielectric. The vast majority of people are totally convinced that everything depends on charges on the metal plates which, however, only act as electrodes to contact the principal areas of the dialectic That is basic to understanding how a capacitor works; even expert authors talk of plates with plus and minus charge.

[alex681219]

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Will be interesting use this electrostatic devices (motorised)to probe the hairpin tesla circuit, even mix this with multiple laiden jars and resistor like a marx generator