What is the advantage of a gold leaf electroscope ?
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The gold leaf electroscope is used in Physics in order to demonstrate the principles of electrostatics. The instrument has a very thin piece of gold foil also known as gold leaf which is fixed at the top to a copper piece. The whole thing is then placed inside a glass case to prevent the air blowing into the gold leaf. The copper piece is insulated to prevent the escaping of charges through gold leaf.
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Electroscope is a device used for detecting electric charges on an object.
By using an electroscope we can tell whether an object is electrically charged or not.
Advantages of Gold leaf electroscope:
1. We can use this device as charge detector.
2. By connecting a potential difference or voltage between the cap and case of electroscope we can use as Voltmeter.The amount of divergence of gold leafs gives an estimate of the voltage connected between the cap and the case of device.
By using an electroscope we can tell whether an object is electrically charged or not.
Advantages of Gold leaf electroscope:
1. We can use this device as charge detector.
2. By connecting a potential difference or voltage between the cap and case of electroscope we can use as Voltmeter.The amount of divergence of gold leafs gives an estimate of the voltage connected between the cap and the case of device.
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