Unit 9: Coulomb's Law and the Electric Field

For the Quiz:

  • Understand the basic laws of attraction and repulsion between positive, negative, and neutral charges
  • Be able to relate the amount of charge in Coulombs to the amount of electrons
  • Be able to understand and apply Coulomb's Law
  • Understand what an electric field is and how it affects other charges
  • Understand how the direction of an electric field is defined and how it is drawn
  • Understand how to vectorally add both electric forces and electric fields
  • Understand what Gauss's Law is and how to apply it for a point charge/sphere of charge, line of charge/cylinder of charge, and a sheet of charge
  • Understand how charges are distributed on a conductor vs. non conductor
  • Understand how to apply Gauss's Law on the inside of a conductor vs. nonconductor
  • Understand the concepts of linear, surface, and volume charge densities
  • Understand the relationship between electric field created by a charge and how that electric field exerts a force on a second charge
E-Field Notes 1 of 4.pdf
E-Field Notes 2 of 4.pdf
E-Field Notes 3 of 4.pdf
E-Field Notes 4 of 4.pdf

Gauss's Law

Gauss's Law0001.pdf

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