PIRA 5B10.40 - Fuzzy Fur Field Tank

• "Fur" suspended in an oil covers the bottom of a plexiglass tank sitting on an overhead.
  
• Various shaped electrodes can be placed in the liquid. These are stored in a recess in the tank side.
  
• Crank the Wimshurst to charge the electrodes. The fur will align with the field lines making them visible on the screen.
  
• Discharge the Wimshurst before changing the electrodes.
  
• A plexiglass bar is clipped against the side of the tank. To randomize the fur, SLOWLY drag the bar across the bottom of the tank.
  

Photo Shows Apparaturs used by the University of Texas at Austin.

Drawing is by Courtesy of the University of Minnesota.

Last Updated 1/98 - University of Texas at Austin Physics Dept. - All Rights Reserved.