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    The document summarizes an experiment using an electroscope to study electrostatics. It describes how to construct a homemade electroscope using common household materials like a glass jar, aluminum foil, and copper wire. The experiment demonstrates how electroscopes can be charged through contact and induction, and how this causes the aluminum leaves to spread apart. It then answers a series of questions about how the homemade electroscope functions similarly to commercial versions and the importance of electroscopes for measuring static electricity and radiation.

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    Name: Carmille Paz R.

    Sanguila Date: June 02, 2022


    Section QR Group #:
    Instructor: Ma’am Meriam Gabule

    ELECTROSTATICS II: The Electroscope


    (Activity 11)

    I. OBJECTIVES:

    This experiment is designed to study the behavior of charged objects. Specifically,


    this is to-
     study the mechanisms and principle behind the use of an electroscope
     charge an electroscope by contact
     charge an electroscope by conduction

    II. OBSERVATIONS:
    In making a homemade or DIY electroscope, several materials matter. The glass
    jar, 2 pieces of aluminum foils, copper wire, electrical tapes, and a cover. These
    materials are usually accessible and can be seen at homes or in storage rooms. The
    actual of making of the DIY electroscope seems quite easy since the procedures are
    clear and uncomplicated to follow. The experiment shows how the electrons were
    transferred and how objects full of electrons repel at each other. Thus, electron
    charging by induction.

    III. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION:

    Questions:
    A. How to make an Electroscope

    1. Enumerate the parts of an electroscope that was assembled by the presenter and discuss
    the function of each.
    Answer:
    To make an electroscope, there are parts that are essential and each of them has its
    own role and function in a DIY electroscope. These parts are:
    (a). metal terminal (Copper wire)- this is the spiral upper portion of the copper wire that
    is used as a medium in which electrons would travel from the other object to another. This is
    where we had to put the charged object near it.
    (b). Tube (plastic tube)- this holds the terminal copper wire in place. Any method or
    material can be possible as long as it holds the terminal copper in place.
    (c). Metal leaves (Aluminum foil)- these will serve as indicators when the electrical
    charge happened to be present. These will spread apart when a charged object interacts with
    the metal terminal.
    (d). Cover (lid)- holds the terminal in place used to suspend the metal leaves from.
    (e). Glass jar- this will keep the air from interfering with the leaves that would probably
    yields a false reading.
    (f). Electrical tapes- will keep the cover and the mouth of the jar secured, tightened, and
    impermeable.

    2. Are the assembled parts able to perform the functions prescribed for each part of a
    factory-made electroscope?
    Answer:
    The experiment is a success. The assemble parts were able to perform their
    respective functions of a factory-made electroscope since there was a clear exhibition of how
    the electrons made its way to the leaves- technically invisible but understandable.
    3. What is the importance of electroscope?
    Answer:
    Electroscope is an instrument used to detect and measure electricity; it also
    indicates the ionization of air by radioactivity (Oxford Languages). The main function of the
    electroscope is to demonstrate or show the different electrostatic phenomena, and this has
    always been its primary function. The conduction and induction of electric charges are two of
    the electrostatic phenomena that can be measured using electroscope. Thus, electroscope is
    essential since it has a significant role in the measurement of radioactive substances and
    radiation.
    4. Electroscopes are electrically neutral. How can they perform the function assigned to its
    existence?
    Answer:
    The electroscope is net neutrally charged, while the rubber rod is net negatively
    charged. If they come into contact, they will both receive a net negative charge. When the
    rubber rod is removed, the electroscope is left with a negative charge.

    B. Homemade Electroscope

    5. The presenter used two hanging yellow as an electroscope. He charged both of them by
    rubbing with fur. When he placed his hand near the charged, the yellow balloons were
    attracted to his hands. When he used the fur cloth that he used in rubbing, the balloons
    were attracted to the fur. When he used the hard rubber (colored black), still the balloons
    were attracted to it. Does this mean to say that the hands, the fur, and the rubber have the
    same charge? (Note that he did not do anything with the hard rubber. He just picked it up
    and brought it near the charged balloon.)
    Answer:

    I think the hard rubber has a greater charge than that of the fur and the hand since
    it doesn’t need to be rubbed off to produce electrons or for it to transfer electrons to the
    hanging yellow balloons. The hand and the fur were rubbed on each other and when both
    were moved closer to the hanging yellow balloons, the balloons were attracted to them.

    C. Charging by Induction
    6. The electroscope was initially uncharged. Fur was rubbed to a hard rubber and when the
    hand holding the fur was brought near the knob, the needle swing, and when the rubber
    was brought near the knob of the electroscope, the needle also swings. Do these mean
    that the rubber and the finger were both charged with the same sign? Does this mean to
    say that the rubber and the finger have the same charge? If yes, explain. If no, discuss.

    Answer:

    Yes, I think that the rubber and the finger both have the same charge since both
    made the needle swing as they were brought near the knob. As the fur was rubbed to a hard
    rubber, it gains electrons as well as the hand used to rub the fur to the rubber. By these facts,
    when they were brought near the knob, they made the needle swung hence they both have
    negative charges that drove the negative charges of the needle away from its starting point
    while attracting the positive charges of it to the two negatively charged object.

    7. With the rubber nearby the knob (but not touching it), the finger touched the knob. When
    the rubber was removed the needle swing deflected. This means that the electroscope was
    charge by induction. What is the resulting charge on the electroscope? Discuss the steps
    in charging the electroscope by induction.

    Answer:

    The electroscope is positively charge. The steps in charging the electroscopic by


    induction are:

    1. Move the charge object close to the terminal. Charge on the terminal shifts in
    response to the nearby charged object.
    2. Connect the terminal to the ground while the charged object is still nearly around
    (finger)
    3. Remove the ground (finger) away from the terminal
    4. Remove the charged object.

    8. Touching the knob with the finger after charging the electroscope by induction made the
    needle to stay at equilibrium. What is happening during the touching event?

    Answer:

    The needle stays at equilibrium since the positive and negative charges, or the protons
    and electrons are well distributed or neutralized. Touching the knob with a finger after
    charging the electroscope made the needle to stay at equilibrium and this is because the
    finger has a negative charge on it and if it touches the terminal, it transfers negative charges
    to the needle making it stays at its place.

    IV. CONCLUSION

    Electroscope can be used to determine the amount of electrical charge on an object. It


    cannot tell you whether an object is negatively or positively charged, nor can it provide a
    numerical value for the quantity of charge, but it can tell you if it is charged. If you have two
    charged objects, the electroscope may tell you if one is more charged than the other based on
    how far apart the leaves move.
    This activity made us believed that electrostatics are omnipresent. It is not I don’t believe
    it, but the activity is a demonstration in which we can understand the principle and nature of
    electricity. We are now equipped with the idea of how electric charges are being transferred,
    how it equilibrates conductors, how an electroscope was charged by a contact, and how can it
    be charge by induction.

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