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Purpose/Objective
To demonstrate the law of electrostatic that happens in real life. Also to know the
Materials
1. PVC pipe 2. Bubble [soap or bubble ward]
3. Cloth
Methods
1. First prepare the bubble water with soap and water.
2. Second, get a straw to collect some of bubble water, and blow it on the surface of
table.
3. Third, rub the PVC pipe with cloth to cause the triboelectric effect.
4. Grab the pipe and close to the bubble, then you will see how do the PVC pipe attract
the bubble.
Analysis
The reason why the bubbles go with the PVC pipe is because the PVC pipe is
being wiped with a cloth that causes the PVC pipe to have mostly negatively charge and
the bubbles have equally charge. (Positive and Negative) So the PVC pipes negatively
charge is attracted to the positively charge in the bubbles. So thats why the side that
the PVC pipe is attracted to the bubbles move with the PVC pipe.
Every object has electrostatic which can related to bubble and PVC that we use.
PVC is insulator that will not let electron move away from it. The reason why we need to
rub cloth with PVC because Electron will move to the part that you rubbed. The electron
on the PVC pipe will attract the proton on the bubble, which will make bubble follow
PVC pipe.
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