PHY 9C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ifrit, Electric Charge, Electrostatics
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Basics ofelectric charge what is electric charge charge is a fundamental propertyofparticles. Obrects w mass experience exert forcesftpgr objects w electric charge exertyexp electric forces coulomb"s law. Electric charge is quantized if oomes in integer multiples of e. Mostobjects can be classified as or like charges repel e proton charge a conductor insulator. Electric charge can theearth chargecannotflowlex non metalstair s. Insulator she t. fnthmema. fm pointcharges 8 adg theyexertforces t. nl r. I 9 109njord separation vector points from the source to thecharge experiencing the force a e i. It g and bzhave the same sign gigi o. F and f are in the same direction fief in opposite directions. A pointcharge g creates an electric faded e a vector to every point in space. If anothercharge g enters the e field ofq then q interacts on defects the fieldofg we define e off suchthat ifquo is in the field ofg g remains undisturbed f feels a force i eq. it fzge. li.
