Showing posts with label experiment static electricity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label experiment static electricity. Show all posts

Friday, September 30, 2011

BENDING WATER!!!

Let's try to bend water running from a tap!!!


Materials:
Comb


Instructions
Run the comb several times on your hair.
Now open the tap and put the comb near the stream of water.

What is happening???
The water bends towards the comb because of static electricity. The comb gets charged with static electricity when you comb your hair!!



THE WATER BENDING TOWARDS THE COMB







Saturday, June 18, 2011

HOW TO SEPARATE SALT AND PEPPER!!!

In this experiment you will learn how to separate salt and peper!!


Materials:


Salt


Pepper


Plastic spoon


Woolen cloth (example:sweater)socks will work well.


Instructions


Mix salt and pepper together.


Rub the plastic spoon on the woolen cloth for 2-3 minutes.


Now quickly put the spoon above the mixture, don't touch the mixture.


Observe: The pepper sticks to the spoon!!


What is happening??
When you rub the plastic spoon with the woolen cloth you static electrify the plastic spoon. Static electricity is the force which attracts the pepper to it!!