PIRA 5A40.20 - Charge Propelled Cylinder.

• Set an empty soda can on the table so the open end faces the students.
  
• Pull the can forward with induced charge.
  
• Switch to the oppositely charged rod and repeat.

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Drawing is by Courtesy of the University of Minnesota.

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