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Conductors and Insulators
EM-a3a



Shows that charge can be transferred to an electroscope through conductors but not insulators


Fishbane Chapter:   22.1
HRW 6th:   22.2
Purcell Chapter:   3.1
SJ 3rd Chapter:   19.3
PIRA DCS classification:   5A30.xx

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University