RES.6-001 | Spring 2008 | Undergraduate

Electromagnetic Fields and Energy

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Corn oil rising between the plates. The surface shows a curve with the end with the smallest separation distance rising highest.
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Diverging transparent conducting electrodes (tin-oxide coated glass) stressed by high voltage draws dielectric liquid upwards with a height proportional to the square of the electric field so that the height is greatest where the electrode gap is least. (Image by Education Development Center, Inc. Used with permission.)
Corn oil rising between the plates. The surface shows a curve with the end with the smallest separation distance rising highest.
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