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There are 6 lessons in this physics tutorial covering Electric Field. The tutorial starts with an introduction to Electric Field and is then followed with a list of the separate lessons, the tutorial is designed to be read in order but you can skip to a specific lesson or return to recover a specific physics lesson as required to build your physics knowledge of Electric Field. you can access all the lessons from this tutorial below.
In this Physics tutorial, you will learn:
- What is electric field?
- What are the similarities and differences between electric and gravitational field?
- What are electric field lines and why do we use them?
- What is the pattern and direction of electric field lines?
- What is the superposition principle of electric field?
- What are the two electric constants and which of them is more used in formulae?
- What is the pattern of electric field lines in a charged sphere?
- What is the electric field inside and outside a conducing material?
- What happens with conductors placed inside an electric field?
Introduction
Is electrostatic force a contact force or a force that acts in distance? How do you know this?
Can you identify any similarity between gravitational attraction and electric interaction between charged objects? What about the differences between these two concepts?
How can you convince the others for the presence of electric charges without touching the object involved?
All these questions regard to a new concept: electric field, which we will discuss in this tutorial.
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Electrostatics Learning Material| Tutorial ID | Physics Tutorial Title | Tutorial | Video
Tutorial | Revision
Notes | Revision
Questions |
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| 14.3 | Electric Field | | | | |
| Lesson ID | Physics Lesson Title | Lesson | Video
Lesson |
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| 14.3.1 | What Is Electric Field? Similarities between Gravitational and Electric Field | | |
| 14.3.2 | Electric Field Lines | | |
| 14.3.3 | Electrostatic Constants | | |
| 14.3.4 | The Superposition Principle | | |
| 14.3.5 | Electric Field on a Charged Sphere | | |
| 14.3.6 | Conductors in an Electric Field | | |
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