One-Session Class: Arcs and Sparks: Electrostatic Demonstrations [F4eM]

In this lecture/demonstration, basic phenomena of electrostatics will be revealed using simple apparatuses facilitated by PowerPoint slides. Minimal mathematics will be employed. Revisit principles of electricity that we first saw in high school science. The demonstrations will elucidate the technology of copy machines, hazards caused by sparks, and even static cling. Course Website: www2.ece.rochester.edu/~jones/demos [[Tom Jones taught electrical engineering at the U of R. He has given this electrostatics lecture/demonstration over 100 times in Asia, North America, and Europe without electrocuting anyone.]]