Electrostatic

Experiment

By 1108
Popsarut
Thanaree
Thanawin
Khwanchanok
THE SPECTACULAR To understand Aluminum can
more about PVC pipe
electricity Cloth/Pat’s jacket
MOVING-CAN To test the method
that we learn
To apply our
knowledge to the
real world of the
causes under many
phenomenon.

PURPOSE

MTERIAL
Prepare all the By rubbing our When the pipe is
material that we piece of cloth with rubbed by the
need for an the pipe, it charges cloth, the friction
experiment the pipe, thus causes the electron
Use a dry cloth to attracting the can to transfer between
rub to the PVC pipe due to different each other. This
Hold the PVC pipe charges. causes unbalance
near the aluminum of the charge in the
can without pipe. When the
touching it charged pipe is put
The can will follow near a can, which
the pipe has neutral charge,
ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS
METHOD

the light weighted

can follow the pipe.
This is the
attractive force.
reference: http://www.abc.net.au/scie
nce/articles/2011/02/10/3133900.htm