In a conducting body undergoing accelerating motion, inertia causes the electrons in the body to "lag" behind the overall motion. In the case of linear acceleration, negative charge accumulates at the end of the body; while for rotation the negative charge accumulates at the outer rim. The accumulation of charges can be measured by a galvanometer.
This effect is proportional to the mass of the charge carriers. It is much more significant in electrolyte conductors than metals, because ions in the former are 103-104 times more massive than electrons in the latter.[1]
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^ ab R.C. Tolman; T.D. Stewart (1916). "The electromotive force produced by the acceleration of metals". Physical Review. 8 (2): 97–116. Bibcode:1916PhRv....8...97T. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.8.97. PMC1090978. PMID 16576140.
stewart, tolman, effect, phenomenon, electrodynamics, caused, finite, mass, electrons, conducting, metal, more, generally, finite, mass, charge, carriers, electrical, conductor, named, after, dale, stewart, richard, tolman, american, physicists, carried, their. The Stewart Tolman effect is a phenomenon in electrodynamics caused by the finite mass of electrons in conducting metal or more generally the finite mass of charge carriers in an electrical conductor It is named after T Dale Stewart and Richard C Tolman two American physicists who carried out their experimental work in the 1910s 1 This eponym appears to be first used by Lev Landau 2 In a conducting body undergoing accelerating motion inertia causes the electrons in the body to lag behind the overall motion In the case of linear acceleration negative charge accumulates at the end of the body while for rotation the negative charge accumulates at the outer rim The accumulation of charges can be measured by a galvanometer This effect is proportional to the mass of the charge carriers It is much more significant in electrolyte conductors than metals because ions in the former are 103 104 times more massive than electrons in the latter 1 Notes edit a b R C Tolman T D Stewart 1916 The electromotive force produced by the acceleration of metals Physical Review 8 2 97 116 Bibcode 1916PhRv 8 97T doi 10 1103 PhysRev 8 97 PMC 1090978 PMID 16576140 L D Landau E M Lifshitz L P Pitaevskii 1984 Electrodynamics of Continuous Media Course of Theoretical Physics Vol 8 translators J B Sykes J S Bell and M J Kearsly 2nd ed Butterworth Heinemann ISBN 0 7506 2634 8 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link External links editR C Tolman T D Stewart The electromotive force produced by the acceleration of metals The original article of Physical Review from 1916 nbsp This electromagnetism related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stewart Tolman effect amp oldid 1136870595, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
