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Do Now (9/13/13):. How does the electric force change when distance is increased? How does the electric force change when either or both of the charges are increased?. Electric Field. Physics II. Analogy. The electric field is the space around an electrical charge just like
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Do Now (9/13/13): • How does the electric force change when distance is increased? • How does the electric force change when either or both of the charges are increased?
Electric Field Physics II
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.
Van de Graaff Generator • Builds up static electric charges.
Electric field • Any charge placed in an electric field will experience a electrical force. • The field strength is the electric force per unit charge on any “test charge” placed in the field: E=F/q. • E: vector that points in the direction of the net electric force on a positive charge; its units are N/C. • F: vector force on the test charge • q : test charge, a scalar.
Electric Field Vector, E • E = F/ qo • qo , positive test charge • E: electric field strength (vector quantity) • Unit: N/C • E is analogous to the gravitational field, g, where g=F/m
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? • Answer: 2.7 x108 N/C
Electric Field http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/halliday/0471320005/simulations6e/index.htm?newwindow=true
Practice: • Use the rest of class to work on your homework
Do Now (9/16/13): • A charge of 9µC is used to test the electric field created by a charge of 6C that causes a force of 800N. What is the magnitude of the electric field?
Do Now (9/17/13): A proton is placed in a uniform electric field of 200 N/C. Determine its: • Force • Acceleration Potentially useful info: mp=1.67x10-27kg me=9.1x10-31kg
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. • Simulation http://online.cctt.org/physicslab/content/applets/pointcharges/elefi_z.htm
Which field is stronger? • A B
Consider the electric field lines shown in the diagram below. From the diagram, it is apparent that object A is ____ and object B is ____.
Practice: • Use the rest of class to complete the paper “Electric Field Lines.” • When you finish, submit to Ms. Timson • If you finish early, please work on the bonus or your quiz review.
Do Now (9/18/13): • Use your understanding of electric field lines to identify the charges on the objects in the following configurations
Practice: • Use the rest of class to work on your quiz review and notecard!
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.
Shielding • The electric field is zero inside a charged conductor.
Where are you safe during a thunderstorm? • In a car or • Outdoors
Why can you not get radio reception in a tunnel or in a steel bridge?
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.
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.
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?
Example 4 • Calculate the electric field felt by a test charge located half way between a charge of +1C and a charge of -3C, that are 2m apart. • Answer: 1.8 x 1010 N/C