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Physics 014

Physics 014. Electric Charge. Topics. Electric charge Coulomb’s Law Charge quantization and conservation. Electric Charge. Electric charge is an intrinsic characteristic of the fundamental particles making up objects. Electric Charge. Positive Charge Negative Charge

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Physics 014

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  1. Physics 014 Electric Charge

  2. Topics • Electric charge • Coulomb’s Law • Charge quantization and conservation

  3. Electric Charge Electric charge is an intrinsic characteristic of the fundamental particles making up objects

  4. Electric Charge • Positive Charge • Negative Charge • Most objects are electrically neutral

  5. Electric Charge • Charges with the same electrical sign repel each other, and • charges with opposite electrical signs attract each other

  6. Electrical Charge • The repulsive or attractive force is called the electrostatic force • Electrostatic means the charges are not moving or moving slowly

  7. Charges? The figure shows five pairs of plates: A, B, and D are charged plastic plates and C is and electrically neutral copper plate. The electrostatic forces between the pairs of plates are shown for three of the pairs. For the remaining two pairs do the plates repel or attract each other?

  8. Coulomb’s Law • Unit of charge is the Coulomb, C

  9. Coulomb’s Law Two charges (point charges), q1 and q2, separated by a distance r, feel an electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion of magnitude:

  10. Coulomb’s Law • The constant k may be represented in terms of the permittivity constant ε0

  11. Coulomb’s Law

  12. Coulomb’s Law • A shell of uniform charge attracts or repels a charged particle that is outside the shell as if all the shell’s charge were concentrated at it center

  13. Coulomb’s Law • If a charged particle is located inside a shell of uniform charge, there is no net electrostatic force on the particle from the shell

  14. Coulomb’s Law The figure shows two protons (symbol p) and one electron (symbol e) on an axis. What is the direction of (a) the electrostatic force on the central proton due to the electron, (b) the electrostatic force on the central proton due to the other proton, and (c) the net electrostatic force on the central proton?

  15. Coulomb’s Law Example: Two positive charges are fixed on the x axis. The charges are q1=1.60x10-19 C and q2=3.20x10-19 C, and the particle separation is R=0.0200 m. What are the magnitude and direction of the electrostatic force F12 on particle 1 from particle 2?

  16. Coulomb’s Law

  17. Coulomb’s Law • Givens & Assumptions Eqn: q1=1.60x10-19 C q2=3.20x10-19 C R=0.0200 m • Calc:

  18. Coulomb’s Law The figure here shows three arrangements of an electron e and two protons p. (a) Rank the arrangements according to the magnitude of the net electrostatic force on the electron due to the protons, largest first. (b) In situation c, is the angle between the net force on the electron and the line labeled d less than or more than 45 degrees?

  19. Conductors and Insulators • Conductors are materials through which charge can move freely • Insulators are materials through which charge cannot move freely

  20. Conductors and Insulators • Made of atoms • Atoms have • Positive protons • Negative electrons • Neutral neutrons

  21. Conductors and Insulators • For the most part, positive charges reside in the nucleus and do not move in objects • Electrons may move • An object becomes positively charged only through the removal of negative charges

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