CH. 21 ELECTRIC FIELD I: DISCRETE CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS

ELECTRIC CHARGE

Plastic Rods

Glass Rod

Proton

Electron

e

Atom

Atomic Charge

Nucleus

Positive
Net Charge

Negative
Net Charge

Charging by Induction
(steps)

Charging by Induction
(definition)

Electric Force

Coulomb's Law
1/2

Coulomb's Law
2/2

Superposition Principle

Electric Field

Field Lines for
Simple Charge Distributions

Fields of Point Charges

Charge Distributions

Electric Dipole
IMPORTANT Charge Distribution

Conductors

Insulators

Dielectrics

Induced Dipole Moments

Motion of Point Charges
in Electric Fields