Re: Energy vanishing into air? (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:49:14 -0500
From: Alfred Erpel <alfred@xxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Energy vanishing into air? (fwd)

All,

    Thank you, all who responded.  I believe I understand the answer to the
question now and also how to analyze it quantitatively.

Al Erpel



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> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:00:44 +0200
> From: gtyler <gtyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: Energy vanishing into air? (fwd)
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> I think you need to look at Q=CV; as the capacitance is decreased the
> voltage increases as the charge is constant. This is how a Van de Graaff
> Gen. operates. Also, as The energy is 1/2 CV squared the energy
> increases, and this increase in energy is supplied by the tourque on the
> shaft. There is nothing for nothing.
>
> George Tyler