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Virtual Lab: Van de Graaff Generators
 University of Virginia
             
 
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In fact, the only quick way to discharge the dome is to touch it with a wand that is connected directly to electrical ground (or "earth").

To understand what is going on, we need to look inside the generator using the powers of virtual reality.

 
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