How to make non-neutral charge batteries...
One way a person could generate a battery suitable for the spark gap experiment to address the conservation of charge issues related to the battery is to build a mechanism such as: 2N e- 1N p+ | | | | |-------------| |--------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | |------0 0------------------0 0--| \ \ spark gap switch The two vertical plates above are not a capacitor. They simply represent some mechanism to hold charge, Leyden Jars for example. Now when the switch is closed 1 N of e- will combine with 1 N of p+ to form a neutralization of charge. That will leave a net 1N of e- that will represent a point charge of that value. That charge will be exposed at the right contact of the spark gap above. ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
At 09:13 PM 11/9/98 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
The two vertical plates above are not a capacitor. They simply represent some mechanism to hold charge, Leyden Jars for example.
A Leyden Jar _IS_ a capacitor, which _IS_ a mechanism to hold charge. Capacitors don't have to come from a factory in plastic or ceramic packaging; they're simply two (or more) conductive surfaces separated by insulation; that insulation can be air (or probably even vacuum), though there are much better insulators around, which commercial capacitors normally use. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
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