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Electric Fields
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Fields and forces• The concept of a field is used to describe any quantity that
has a value for all points in space.
• You can think of the field as the way forces are transmitted between objects.
• Charge creates an electric field that creates forces on other charges.
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Fields and forces
• Mass creates a gravitational field that exerts forces on other masses.
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Fields and forces
• Gravitational forces are far weaker than electric forces.
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Determining the Electric Field
• E = F/q
• E = Electric Field Strength (N/C)q = amount of chargeF = force on charge
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Drawing the electric field
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Drawing the electric field
• E = F/q
• E = Electric Field Strength (N/C)q = amount of chargeF = force on charge
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• The direction of an electric field is drawn to show how the field acts on positive charge (Decided by convention)
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Electric fields and electric force
• On the Earth’s surface, the gravitational field creates 9.8 N of force on each kilogram of mass.
• With gravity, the strength of the field is in newtons per kilogram (N/kg) because the field describes the amount of force per kilogram of mass.
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Electric fields and electric force
• With the electric field, the strength is in newtons per coulomb (N/C).
• The electric field describes the amount of force per coulomb of charge.
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