REFERENCES
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This demonstration was previously shown at the AAPT Apparatus Competition for the 2009 Summer Meeting in Ann Arbor, MI; results are found here: tinyurl.com/y9jstby.
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See a brief video here: tinyurl.com/y9vmjwg.
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The PIRA (Physics Instructional Resource Association) reference number for this demonstration is 7A10.10.
4.
George D. Freier and Frances J. Anderson, A Demonstration Handbook for Physics (AAPT, New York, 1981), Ok‐3.
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Harry F. Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments (The Ronald Press Company, New York, 1970), pp. 1169–1172 (38‐2.1).
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Richard Manliffe Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics (AAPT, College Park, MD, 2003), pp. 488–489 (A‐89).
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Wallace A. Hilton, Physics Demonstration Experiments at William Jewell College (AAPT, New York, 1982), p. 91 (A‐4b).
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Richard B. Minnix and D. Rae Carpenter, Jr., The Dick & Rae Physics Demo Notebook, Vol. 2 (Dick and Rae, Inc., Virginia, 1993),S‐095.
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G. F.
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J. E.
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See, for example, Amazon.com; ∼$10.00–$40.00; tinyurl.com/ m7bzoo; tinyurl.com/n8tb7s; tinyurl.com/nwvwlv.
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The electron work function of zinc (3.6–;4.9 eV) and aluminum (4.1–;4.3 eV) are similar.
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See, for example, tinyurl.com/yb3gqre; tinyurl.com/ydapwtk; tinyurl.com/zh5pl.
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The triboelectric series is a list of materials that can be rubbed together to produce positive and negative charges. I chose a PVC pipe, an acrylic rod, and a brown paper bag because they were handy, inexpensive, and reliable.
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See, for example, Amazon.com; ∼$12.00; tinyurl.com/mb5cf9.
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