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Electric Fields with Seeds on Overhead

 ID # 1164

Description:

Apply a potential between the two dots, and the seeds tend to line up with the electric field lines.

Picture of Electric Fields with Seeds on Overhead

Physics Concept:

  • Electricity and Magnetism
  • Electric Fields and Potential
  • Electric Field

The demonstration takes about 3 minutes to perform.

© Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.