World's Largest Van de Graff Generator

Science Bob visits the world's largest Van de Graaff generator on display at the Museum of Science in Boston, USA. The generator was generously donated to the Museum by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Designed and built by Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff, who was a professor at MIT. This generator was originally used as a research tool in early atom-smashing and high energy X-ray experiments. As newer methods of atomic acceleration became available, the machine was used for instructional purposes only. Finally, it was donated to the Museum, where it now stands on public display in the center of the Thomson Theatre of Electricity and is demonstrated daily. Thanks to Mike Alexander at the Museum for running the generator for me.

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[THEJamgun]

@SuperToygamer my fiziks teacher said if the voltage is too high, it can shock the death out of your heart, so yeah.

[BlanchProductions]

@doggie015 Your very right but it wouldnt be just a slight jolt you would have burn marks from entry and exit points

[slaughterbat]

ive seen this thing in real life, damn is it loud...

[SuperToygamer]

Could that kill a person ScienceBob?

[picaticatara]

Bang! Bang!

[doggie015]

@TheMonkeyzRule It's not the voltage that is fatal, it is the amperage. Van De Graff generators usually have a very small amperage. The amperage from THAT monster might be close to 50 milliamps, which is 20 milliamps short of a fatal amperage. If you ran 5 million volts through yourself at 10 milliamps you will feel a slight jolt, but no more! But if you ran 1 volt through yourself at 90 milliamps, you'd be dead.

[skullcandypipe]

hes my science teacher

[TheMonkeyzRule]

could dat kill a person?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

it looks like it could! its powerful, i know dat

[Balgangsak]

This is where i slep during the night of boyscouts

[chopfilms77]

this is really the biggest, i've been there(no lie), i've seen it, its soooooooooo cool