Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

I really want to do a project about Tesla coils but I do not know what kinds of things I can test. I have talked to my teacher and arranged to use the school's Tesla coils so I wont be building one. What are some concepts or ideas that I could test using a Tesla coil?

Hi,

The bottom of this page gives a good answer to your question on the applications of Tesla coils:

http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ins/lab_tescoil.html

This Wikipedia article has lots of great information and references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil

You may also enjoy this book, particularly chapter X, “The uses of tesla coils”:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id= ... A97-IA2,M1

This is a really fascinating subject. Have a great time with it!

Best regards,

Barrett Tomlinson