Static electricity and magnetism
Bud Coonce
PERIOD 7
Annie, David, Colin
Jan-26-05
Introduction: we explored static electricity and magnetism trying to find similarities and differences. We then explored the different types of metals.
Equipment: Test stand, bar magnet, wool, 2 straws, 2 un-rubbed cut nails, paper clip, coat hanger wire, iron wire, copper wire, solder wire, aluminum wire, and piece of tape.
Setup: We used the test stand and tested the many different types of metals to see if they had a reaction to the nail rubbed with a magnet or a straw rubbed with wool.
Raw Data:
wire type unrubbed straw wool-rubbed straw unrubbed nail magnet-rubbed nail
paper clip o a o a
copper o a o o
aluminum o a o o
iron o a o a
coat hanger o o o a
solder o a o o
Analysis: We may have thought that the wire was a different type of wire which could mess up the data.
Analysis:
-were any of the results surprising?
-with the straw experiment the coat hanger was surprising, and the nail experiment had aluminum, copper, and solder with no affect.
Summary: this lab has helped me to distinguish. The differences of static electricity and magnetism. It has also helped me to find out what causes these things.