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Static and Current Electricity
This video describes and explains the differences between static and current electricity. It also looks at static discharge, and how static charge builds up in a thundercloud.
Source: ClickView, Sterling Pixels, Rated E, Duration 9:45, URL: https://online.clickview.com.au/libraries/videos/14088694/static-and-current-electricity
Click on the picture for example problems involving the Electrostatic Force Equation.
Source: ScienceFacts.net, URL: https://www.sciencefacts.net/electrostatic-force.html
Gecko's sticky secret is a hairy one
People have long pondered how geckos climb sheer walls. Now British scientists have made an adhesive tape based on the way geckos cling to surfaces, and it uses electrostatic force!
Click on the picture to read the article.
Source: EBSCO, Gecko's sticky secret is a hairy one By: NIC SVENSON, Sun-Herald, The (Sydney), Jun 15, 2003, URL: Gecko's sticky secret is a hairy one By: NIC SVENSON, Sun-Herald, The (Sydney), Jun 15, 2003
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Law of conservation of charge
Charge is neither created nor destroyed, it can only be transferred from one system to another.
Source: Khan Academy, n.d., URL: Conservation of charge
Coulomb's Law
meriSTEM Electromagnetism will journey you through electric fields, Coulomb's Law and potential, magnetic fields, magnetism, induction and electromagnetic waves.
Source: ClickView, meriSTEM, Rated: G, Duration: 2:58, URL: https://online.clickview.com.au/exchange/videos/25331197/3-1-coulomb-s-law
Coulomb's Law
The relationship between electrical charge and distance is fundamental in physics; Coulomb’s law describes the relationship between electrical charge and distance.
Click on the picture for more information.
Source: EBSCO, Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, URL: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=tol&AN=87998828&custid=ns126408
Conductors and Insulators
This video distinguishes the difference between conductors and insulators, and their importance.
Source: ClickView, Sterling Pixels, 2019, Rated E, Duration 4:47, URL: https://svacs.libapps.com/libguides/admin_c.php?g=939950&p=6866466
