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The Van de Graaff generator operates on the principle of static electricity, utilizing a moving belt to accumulate charge on a hollow metal globe, producing high voltage at low current levels. It is a key component in applications such as laser printers, which create high-quality prints using electrostatically charged dots, and xerography, a dry photocopying technique. Both technologies are widely used in printing and reproducing images and documents.

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The Van de Graaff generator operates on the principle of static electricity, utilizing a moving belt to accumulate charge on a hollow metal globe, producing high voltage at low current levels. It is a key component in applications such as laser printers, which create high-quality prints using electrostatically charged dots, and xerography, a dry photocopying technique. Both technologies are widely used in printing and reproducing images and documents.

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Year 9A/Physics homework


The van de Graaff
generator
The Van De Graaff generator works simply
on the principle of static electricity. All matter,
as we know is made up of atoms which further
constituted of electrons, neutrons and protons.
Electrons carry negative charge whereas protons
are considered to be positively charged.
Van de Graaff generators are “Constant
Current” electrostatic devices that work mainly
on the two principles: Corona discharge.
Accumulation of charge on the outer
sphere.
It uses a moving belt to accumulate electric
charge on a hollow metal globe on the top of an
insulated column, creating very high electric
potentials. It produces very high voltage direct
current electricity at low current levels
The
two applications of electrostatics
- Laser Printers.
-Xerography.
Laser printer-a printer linked to a
computer producing good-quality printed material
by using a laser to form a pattern of electrostatically
charged dots on a light-sensitive drum, which
attract toner (or dry ink powder). The toner is
transferred to a piece of paper and fixed by a
heating process.Some common uses for laser
printers include printing company stationery,
making labels, and creating company fliers
and brochures.
Xerography-Xerography,also known as
electrophotography is a dry photocopying technique.
Originally called electrophotography, it was renamed
xerography—from the Greek roots ξηρός xeros, "dry"
and -γραφία -graphia, "writing"—to emphasize that
unlike reproduction techniques then in use such as
cyanotype, the process of xerography used no liquid
chemicals.The xerography process is the dominant
method of reproducing images and printing
computer data and is used in photocopiers, laser
printer s and fax machines.

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