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3B Scientific Electrometer (115 V, 50__60 Hz) User Manual

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charge is within, and “wipe” the charge onto the
inner surface of the cup.

Use the relationships given below to calculate the
charge that has been transferred.

For a capacitor of capacitance C, the relationship
between the charge Q and the voltage U is:

U

C

Q

=

Since

U

OUT

=

U

IN

, the output voltage from the

electrometer gives a measure of the charge

Q:

C

U

Q

OUT

=

The capacitor U8403501 has the known capacitance
C = 10

nF, and therefore the charge can be

calculated.

Fig. 1

Experiment set-up for measuring charges in electrostatics