Electricity and Magnetism > Electric Fields and Potential > Electric Fields
DCS# 5B10.20
FLYING PIE PANS
APPARATUS
van de Graaff generator
202-18-E-2
aluminum pie pans
202-18-E
meter stick
202-18-E
DESCRIPTION
Place a stack of pie pans on the dome of van de Graaff and turn it on. Plates will become charged, repel each other, and fly off one at a time.
NOTES
Place the van de Graaff a sufficient distance from grounded metal objects (chalkboard, metal carts, etc.).