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    E&M Unit I - Worksheet 2: Conductors and Insulators: Metal Nail Plastic Rod

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    The document discusses charge distribution in conductors and insulators and how they are affected by proximity to a charged object. It contains questions about charge distribution in materials like nails, rods, and pie pans placed near a charged Van de Graaff generator and the effects of grounding and contact between objects. The final question describes an experiment involving a person suspended near a charged lightning rod and grounded rod.

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    E&M Unit I - Worksheet 2: Conductors and Insulators: Metal Nail Plastic Rod

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    The passage discusses the distribution of charged particles in conductors and insulators and how they are affected by the presence of excess charge. It also describes several experiments involving charging objects by proximity to a Van de Graaff generator.

    In a metal nail, the charged particles are free to move throughout the material. In a plastic rod, the charged particles remain fixed in position. This makes metal a conductor and plastic an insulator.

    In the nail, the free electrons would be attracted to the negative charge, accumulating at the end nearest the generator. In the rod, the fixed charges would polarize, with electrons shifting slightly away from the negative charge.

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    E&M Unit I – Worksheet 2: Conductors and Insulators


    1. The drawings below represent “cross-sections” of a neutral iron nail and a neutral plastic rod,
    nowhere near any excess charge sources. How does the arrangement of the electrically charged
    particles differ in these two objects? You may use a sketch to aid your explanation.

    2. Now the nail and the rod are separately brought near (but NOT in contact with) a negatively
    charged Van de Graaff generator. For each object, explain and sketch the changes in the
    distribution of the charged particles.

    plastic rod metal nail

    ground

    © Modeling Instruction - AMTA 2013 1 E1 Charge&Field - ws 2 v4.0


    3. A pie pan with an insulating handle is touched to a negatively charged Van de Graaff generator.
    Then the pie pan is removed from the area. Describe the state of charge of the pie pan as this
    process is performed. You may use a sketch to aid your explanation. At the end of the arrow,
    sketch the excess charge on the pie pan after it has been removed from the area.

    4. The charged pie pan in the previous question is now brought in contact to a previously
    uncharged pie pan. Describe the process and the resulting distribution of charge on the new pie
    pan. What percentage of the charge is transferred between pans?

    By what method did the uncharged pan gain charge?

    5. Two pie pans touched together are brought near (but not touching) a negatively charged Van De
    Graaff generator. The pie pans are then separated and then removed from the area. On each pie
    pan, sketch in any areas of excess charge. Explain the process by which the plates are charged.

    © Modeling Instruction - AMTA 2013 2 E1 Charge&Field - ws 2 v4.0


    6. A pie pan is brought near (but not touching) a negatively charged Van de Graaff generator. The
    pie pan is grounded and then removed from the area. On each pie pan sketch any areas of excess
    charge.

    ground

    Method by which pan is charged

    Steps involved

    Removed from area

    7. Benjamin Franklin has convinced his hapless assistant Mike Piepan to participate in an
    experiment on electricity. Ben has set up a lightning rod, the end of which extends into his
    laboratory. Mike is suspended from the ceiling by an insulating rope. To one side of Mike is
    the end of the lightning rod, on the other side is a metal rod that is “grounded” (i.e. conducts
    electricity into the Earth, essentially a “charge dump”). A bolt of lightning strikes the rod,
    giving it an enormous quantity of excess negative charge. Assuming that no charge leaps
    through the air in the lab, explain, in as much detail as possible, what you think will happen to
    poor Mr. Piepan.

    lightning
    rod

    ground

    © Modeling Instruction - AMTA 2013 3 E1 Charge&Field - ws 2 v4.0

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