Faraday's Displacement Flux Experiment

[esogues]

Faraday's Displacement Flux Experiment:
Hi,
I am having trouble understanding the experiment.

http://books.google.com.tr/books?id=r_rDg_E97MEC&pg=SA16-PA10&lpg=SA16-PA10&dq=displacement+flux+experiment&source=bl&ots=fWpfEu2G5f&sig=aNaYtkIfPmRo1CInc3-9noFQxkY&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=gX7nUeD4BJCMswbx1oCgAQ&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw

Summary:
1) Inner sphere is charged with +Q
2) Outer sphere is grounded.
3) Charged of the outer sphere is found to be -Q.
4) Conclusion: displacement flux makes outer sphere charged with -Q.

I don't understand the grounding step and conclusion.
Can anybody explain the expremient more clearly?
Thank you...

 

[esogues]

Reason of the induceed charge -Q on the outer sphere?

 

[jtbell]

http://books.google.com.tr/books?id=r_rDg_E97MEC&pg=SA16-PA10&lpg=SA16-PA10&dq=displacement+flux+experiment&source=bl&ots=fWpfEu2G5f&sig=aNaYtkIfPmRo1CInc3-9noFQxkY&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=gX7nUeD4BJCMswbx1oCgAQ&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw

This link gives me the following error message:

 

[esogues]

Please try this,
http://enpub.fulton.asu.edu/eee340g/pdfSEEE 340.day22.pdf

 

[sardar]

I can provide some clarification on Faraday's Displacement Flux Experiment. This experiment was conducted by Michael Faraday in the 1830s and it was an important discovery in the field of electromagnetism. The experiment aimed to understand the behavior of electric charges and the concept of electric flux.

In this experiment, Faraday used two metallic spheres, one inside the other. The inner sphere was charged with a positive charge (+Q) and the outer sphere was grounded, meaning it was connected to the Earth. When the outer sphere is grounded, it means that it has an infinite supply of electrons, so any excess positive charge on the inner sphere can flow to the outer sphere.

The result of this experiment was that the outer sphere was found to be charged with a negative charge (-Q) after the grounding step. This led to the conclusion that the electric field created by the charged inner sphere caused a displacement of electrons on the outer sphere, creating an opposite charge (-Q) on the outer sphere.

In other words, the electric field from the charged inner sphere caused a displacement of electric charges on the outer sphere, resulting in a negative charge on the outer sphere. This displacement of charges is known as electric flux, and it is a fundamental concept in electromagnetism.

I hope this explanation helps to clarify the experiment for you. If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask. Keep exploring and questioning, that's what science is all about.