UIUC Physics Lecture Demo: Chaos Electric Field Demo (Prof Hubler)

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Chaos Electric Field Demo (Prof Hubler)

ID # 57

Description:

A petri dish is placed on the overhead containing tiny steel balls in castor oil. A very high voltage electrode is placed into the dish. The steel balls arrange themselves into a branched network.

Picture of Chaos Electric Field Demo (Prof Hubler)

Physics Concept:

Modern Physics
Nonlinear Systems
Chaos - E&M System

The demonstration takes about 3 minutes to perform.