Electrostatics Demonstration Kit

The Electrostatics Kit is designed for small-group experiments in electrostatics. Built around a dual-purpose electroscope, the set supports general electrostatic experiments and is also capable of measuring the activity of weak radioactive materials. Positive and negative charges can be produced using the included acetate strips and woolen cloths. The kit enables a variety of experiments, including determining charge types, measuring conducted or induced charge with the gold leaf electroscope, using polystyrene spheres as hollow conductors, and investigating charge distribution on conductors with the proof plane. The kit comes with 19 components: an electroscope with top plate and hook electrode, a packet of gold leaves, four metallized polystyrene spheres, a reel of nylon thread, two polythene plates, an electrophorus plate with insulating handle, a proof plane, two aluminum calorimeters, a cellulose acetate strip, a polythene strip with woolen rubber, and a stirrup for suspending strips.