Styrofoam Peanuts

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9DD300 - Raw Materials & Consumables

Demo use only

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Instance #265

G2B20A - Demo West (Duane Physics)

Good - Normal Wear Demo use only

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Aluminum pie plate tilting off the chrome dome of a Van de Graaff generator, caught mid-flight as electrostatic repulsion launches it upward

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Repulsion from a Van de Graaff

Lightweight objects on a Van de Graaff generator acquire charge and fly off dramatically, illustrating that like charges repel and that electrostatic forces can easily overcome gravity.

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