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Electric Field

Electric Field. Analogy. The electric field is the space around an electrical charge just like a gravitational field is the space around a mass. Electric Field. Space around a charge. What is the difference?. Van de Graaff Generator. Builds up static electric charges.

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Electric Field

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  1. Electric Field

  2. Analogy The electric field is the space around an electrical charge just like a gravitational field is the space around a mass.

  3. Electric Field • Space around a charge.

  4. What is the difference?

  5. Van de Graaff Generator • Builds up static electric charges. • This Van de Graaff Generator was responsible for creating a field large enough to ‘fry’ our multi-media device!

  6. Electric Field Vector, E • Electric Field is designed as follows • E = F/ qo • qo , positive test charge • E is a vector quantity • Direction indicated by small + test charge • Unit: N/C • E is analogous to the gravitational field, g, where g=F/m

  7. Example 1 • A charge of 3µC is used to test the electric field of a central charge of 6C that causes a force of 800N. What is the magnitude of the electric field? • Hint… Which charge ‘tests’ the field • Answer: 2.7 x108 N/C

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  9. Electric Field Lines

  10. Electric Field Lines of two Positive Charges

  11. Electric Field Lines of two Positive Charges

  12. Electric Field Lines • Lines that indicate the strength and direction of the electric field. • The more dense the lines, the stronger the field. • Electric field vectors are tangent to the curve.

  13. Conductors and Electric Fields (under electrostatic conditions) • “The electric field is zero inside a charged conductor”. • “Excess charge on an isolated conductor resides on the surface”. • “Excess charge accumulates on sharp points”. • Electric field lines meet the conductor perpendicular to the surface of the conductor.

  14. Shielding • The electric field is zero inside a charged conductor.

  15. Where are you safe during a thunderstorm? • In a car or • Outdoors

  16. Where are you safe during a thunderstorm? • In a car or • Outdoors

  17. Which field is stronger? • A B

  18. Which field is stronger? • A B

  19. Electric Field for a Point Charge Using E=F/qo and Coulomb’s Law prove: E = k Q ______ r2 where Q is the central charge.

  20. Example 2 • A test charge of +3µC is located 5m to the east of a -4µC charge. • A) Find the electric force felt by the test charge. • B) Find the electric field at that location. • Answer: 4.32x10-3 N, 1.44 x 103 N/C along the –x axis.

  21. Example 3 • If a test charge is moved to a location three times as far as its original location, how does the electric field change? • Inverse-Square Law says… 1/9

  22. Example 4 • Calculate the electric field felt by a positive test charge located half way between a charge of +1C and a charge of -3C, that are 2m apart. • Answer: 3.6 x 1010 N/C (toward the -3C charge)

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