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Virtual Lab: Electricity & Magnetism Classroom Tour
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Nearly everyone has seen a Van de Graaff generator - it is the thing that makes your hair stand on end. But very few people really know how it works. Once again, it is all about charge attraction and repulsion (and a dirty trick played on some gullible electrons).

CLICK HERE to see the Van de Graaff Generator.

 
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