Build your own ball cyclotron

Method:

Watch the video carefully and examine the made accelerator. Build your own and label where the +ve and -ve charge will build up and where is will be connected to the van de Graaff

Do not connect your device until is has been fully checked over. Take photos of the set up. Ask you teacher to set up the Van de Graaff. Make sure you video your creation.

Questions

1. Draw a labelled diagram on your cyclotron, clearly showing the +ve and -ve connections

2. Why does the ping pong ball need to be covered in foil?

3. Why does the ball move away from one strip and toward the next?

4. What would happen if you used a metal bowl rather than class or plastic?

5. Why does the ball need some momentum to make it spin?

6. How could you make it go faster?