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hmiamid
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Hello, I would like to share a cool experiment... but not yet experimented for me.
Suppose you have a ball of metal between two plates.
The upper plate is charged - and the lower plate is charged +
There is constant potential between the plates.
When the ball touches the lower plate, it charges positively and it follows the electrical field in the upward direction. Then it bounces against the negative plate.
Let's suppose we have an elastic collision here. At the collision, the ball loses its charge and becomes negative. At the same time, the negative plate is connected to a constant potential putting positive charges away.
After bouncing, the ball will go downwards and continue to accelerate because now it has taken a negative charge. Then it bounces on the lower plate, etc. etc.
At the end the ball would bounce really quickly and frequently between the plates.
Is this true?
Does this experiment have a name? I would like to call it mine otherwise...
Suppose you have a ball of metal between two plates.
The upper plate is charged - and the lower plate is charged +
There is constant potential between the plates.
When the ball touches the lower plate, it charges positively and it follows the electrical field in the upward direction. Then it bounces against the negative plate.
Let's suppose we have an elastic collision here. At the collision, the ball loses its charge and becomes negative. At the same time, the negative plate is connected to a constant potential putting positive charges away.
After bouncing, the ball will go downwards and continue to accelerate because now it has taken a negative charge. Then it bounces on the lower plate, etc. etc.
At the end the ball would bounce really quickly and frequently between the plates.
Is this true?
Does this experiment have a name? I would like to call it mine otherwise...