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I'm about to start my first time teaching the unit on Electricity, forthe
Ontario grade 12A Physics course, which opens with electrostatics.over
If a charged object is spherical, the charge is uniformly distributed
the surface, the reason for this distribution is quite clear. Whatisn't
immediately apparent, this Biochemist is, why charge becomesconcentrated
around sharp pointed areas on a conductor's surface.Board,
Explanation please.
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Brian Rintoul
Evening School Teacher (Ottawa Carleton District School Board, Tuesdays
and Thursdays)/Occasional Teacher (Ottawa Carleton District School
Ottawa Carleton Catholic School Board - M.F. McHugh School,has
Fridays)/Ottawa Torah Institute (Mondays - Thursdays, Semester I)
e-mail: brian_rintoul@ocdsb.edu.on.ca
I thank whoever it was on this Listserv, or a chemistry Listserv I
subscribe to, that made the graphic I have only slightly altered. It
inspired both positive comments, and variations.