Unit 10 · Electric Force, Field, and Potential

Chapter 10.2

The Electric Field

A charge sitting alone in empty space feels a push before it can know what pushed it. The space itself has been changed, and that change has a name and an arrow.

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By the end

  1. 01Define the electric field as force per unit charge and find its direction
  2. 02Compute the field of a few point charges by vector superposition
  3. 03Draw and read field-vector maps and field-line diagrams
  4. 04Describe the field of a charged conductor in equilibrium: zero inside, perpendicular at the surface

In unit 10

  1. 10.1Charge, Charging, and Coulomb's Law
  2. 10.2The Electric Field
  3. 10.3Electric Potential Energy, Potential, and the Energy of a Moving Charge
  4. 10.4Capacitors
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