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MU:  Static Electricity

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Static Electricity: To understand materials, one must first understand electricity, and to understand electricity, one must first understand materials. Eighteenth century electricians understood neither, but they knew what it took to spark the interest of an audience and put on an electrifying show. Coulomb's law and the principles of static electricity.

Instructional Objectives

• Be able to recognize and discuss electrical phenomena.
• Be able to explain charging by friction, induction and contact.
• Be able to state Coulomb's Law and use it to find the force exerted on one point charge by another.
• Know the difference between an insulator and a conductor.
• Be able to explain the principles of an electrostatic generating machine.