Electrostatics Flashcards

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Law of conservation of charge

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The net charge of an isolated system remains constant during any physical process

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Coulombs Law

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Is the magnitude of the electrostatic forces exerted by one point charge on another point charge is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

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Electric Field

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Is a region in space where an electric charge experiences a force.The direction of the electric field at a point is the direction that the positive test field would move if placed at that point

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