Build a Kelvin Water Dropper: K-12 Projects, Experiments & Background Information

Build a Kelvin Water Dropper K-12 Projects, Experiments & Background Information For Science Labs, Lesson Plans, Class Activities & Science Fair Projects
For Elementary School, Middle School, High School and College Students and Teachers

Kelvin Water Dropper Experiments

Definition

The Kelvin water dropper, invented by Lord Kelvin, is an electrostatic generator that uses falling water drops to generate voltage by using electrostatic induction.

A diagram of the Kelvin water dropper.
Source: Wikipedia (GNU Free Documentation License; Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License)

Background Information

Kelvin Water Dropper [View Resource]
Kelvin water dropper - Wikipedia [View Resource]
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Life and Work [View Resource]

K-12 Experiments, Labs, Science Fair Projects
Test if different types of salts were added to water, then there will be an increase in the efficiency of generating electricity using the Kelvin Water Dropper [View Experiment]
Build a Kelvin electrostatic generator and investigate the effect that the water flow rate has on the generator's time to spark [View Experiment]
Lord Kelvin's water-drop electrostatic generator [View Experiment]
The Kelvin water dropper and how it works (video) [View Experiment]
Kelvin Water Dropper Demonstration [View Experiment]
Kelvin Water drop experiment [View Experiment]
Kelvin's Thunderstorm [View Experiment]
Kelvin Water Dropper [View Experiment]
Kelvin Water Drop Generator [View Experiment]
Electrostatic Experiments [View Experiment]
Lego Kelvin Water Dropper [View Experiment]
Electric Fields and Charge [View Experiment]
Demonstration experiments in physics [View Experiment]

College Experiments, Labs, Studies and Articles
Conducting rod on the axis of a charged ring: The Kelvin water drop generator [View Experiment]
An Electrostatic Experiment of Lord Kelvin with Running Water [View Experiment]
Can Water Store Charge? [View Experiment]
The Electrostatic Production of High Voltage for Nuclear Investigations [View Experiment]

Theses and Dissertations
Investigation of climate effects on the global atmospheric electrical circuit using surface potential gradient data [View Thesis]
Measurement of Atmospheric Electricity During Different Meteorological Conditions [View Thesis]

Patents
Polyphase alternating current generator (US Patent 3578998, 1971) [View Patent]