Question

Van de Graaff generator is used to:

• A. Store electrical energy
• B. Build up high voltage of few million volts
• C. Decelerate charged particle like electrons
• D. Both (a) and (b) are correct

Answer 1

The correct option is B Build up high voltage of few million volts

Van de Graff generator- is an electrostatic generator which is devised to produce very high voltage by means of an endless belt collecting electrostatic charge from a source and transferring it to a large isolated metal sphere on which a large change accumulates.