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Electroscope (E/P) : Iun Pnf0Cts F.L Fto Enct - Momcr

This document describes an electronic version of a traditional electroscope that can detect static electric charges and high voltages without direct contact. The circuit uses CMOS integrated circuits and includes a sensor, LED, batteries, and other basic electronic components. It is portable, inexpensive to build, and can be used for educational experiments involving static electricity and electric fields.

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Electroscope (E/P) : Iun Pnf0Cts F.L Fto Enct - Momcr

This document describes an electronic version of a traditional electroscope that can detect static electric charges and high voltages without direct contact. The circuit uses CMOS integrated circuits and includes a sensor, LED, batteries, and other basic electronic components. It is portable, inexpensive to build, and can be used for educational experiments involving static electricity and electric fields.

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ELECTROSCOPE
Anelectroscope thatcanbeusedfordetecting
is aninstrument thepresence
of an electricstaticcharge.We describeherean electronicversionof the
electroscopHnethatis madewithgoldfoilsplacedintoa glass
traditional
jar.Thiscircuitcan alsobe usedfor "snitfing"
highvoltagewithoutactually
makingcontactwithdangerous circuitry.
A metalring,whichconstitutesthe sensor,is simplypokedintothe electric
mustbedonewithcautionto avoidcontactwiththecon-
field.Thisoperation
ductorscarryingthe highvoltage. l
I
I
withhighvoltagegenerators
Youcanusethedevicein experiments (Vande
andin manyotherapplications
Graaffaccelerator) at homeor school.
Thecircuitis portable,
powered
fromfourM cellsor a 9V baftery.
Presence linesis
of a staticchargeor a strongfieldcreatedby high-voltage
byan LED.
indicated
Theschematic diagram of theElectroscope is showninFigurel.The circuit
usesfourgates of a 4093 lC thatwork as buffersandinverters,
drivingthe
LED.The high-impedance inputof the CMOSintegrated circuitsresultsin
to detectstaticcharges.
highsensivity
printed-circuit
are mountedon a homemade
All the components boardas
shownin Figure2.
canbe housedinto
SensorX1 is a smallbarewirelop.Thecompletedcircuit
TheLEDshouldbe placedin a visible
a smallplasticboxwiththe batteries.
pointof thebox.
Touse:
Bringa charged sourceclosetothesensor. A pieceof paperorplasticstroked
do.AdjustPl to getbettersensitivity.The
materialwill
witha rodof insulating
LEDwillglowaccording to theelectricchargemovement.

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PartsList - Electroscope
IC1 - 40938CMOSIntegrated
Circuit

LED - Commonred,yellowor greenLED

X1 - Sensor- seetext

P1 - 1,000,000
ohm potentiometer

R1 - 22,000,000 resistor
ohm,114W,5%

R2 - 100,000 resistor
ohms,114W,5%

R3 - 1,000ohms,114W,5%
resistor

S1 - SPSTslideor toggleswitch

81 - 6V or 9V - fourAA cellsor 9V battery

ldeasto Explore
learnmoreaboutthe circuitor to get betterperformance:
candetectclouds'
a Connectthe sensorto an externalantenna.You
electricalchargeas theypassoverhead.
. Explainhowthe circuitworks.
o An interesting
studyor experimentcouldbe performedto show
howstaticchargesare producedand howtheycan be detected.

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Scienceand uncommon
applications:
I o In allthe experiments that can be conductedwith a commonelec-
troscope,the electronicversioncan replaceit.
. Determinethe polarityof the chargethat makesthe LEDto glow.
o Staticchargescouldhavesomeinfluenceon animalsand plants.
An experimentto supportthisaffirmation
canbeconducted.Thisproject,
of course,will involvesomespecialequipmentsuchas a high-voltage
generator(Vande Graaffor other)and an electroscope.Selectseeds
from commonplantssuchas tomatoesand beans,and exposesev-
eral batchesof seedsto a statichigh-voltagefield.What are the ef-
fectson seed germination?ls plantgrowthalso atfectedby electric
fields?

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