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quantities

FORMULA
(RELATIONS )

Electrostatics

Quantisation of Elect.
Charges (Q) on a body

Q = n.e

n is Integral Number, e is charge on

electron 1.6 X 10-19 C

Electrostatic force constant

1/(4)

value : 9 x 109 Nm2C-2

Permittivity

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Coulumb's Law
Forces on two charges
Dielectric Constant

F = q1q2/4r
F12 = - F21
K = / = r

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Electric Field at a point

E = F/q

Force with respect to field

Electric field due to source
charge Q at distance r

F = q.E

Electric Field due to dipole

on a point on axial line
Electric Field due to dipole
on a point on equitorial
line
Electric Field due to dipole at
any general point, at distance
r making angle with P

E makes angle with r

then

E = 2P/(4r)
E = P/(4r)
E=
PI(3cos+1)/4
r

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is absolute permittivity of medium, is

permittivity of free space, r is relative
permittivity.

F is force experienced by the test

charge q at a point. E is called field
intensity at that point

E = Q/(4r)

tan =

8.85 x 10-12 C2N-1m-2

q1 and q2 are two charges placed at
distance r.
Direction of F is along r.

tan

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E at any point on the axis of a

uniformly charged ring at
distance r

qr/4(r+a)

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Torque on a dipole kept in

Electric Field

= PESin
or
= Px E

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Work done for rotating

dipole by angle

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Direction of E is along r.
P is dipole moment, r is distance
from centre of dipole on axial line.
P is dipole moment, r is distance
from centre of dipole on equitorial
line.
r is distance of point from midpoint of
dipole, is angle between direction of r
and dipole moment P

is angle between resultant field

and direction of r, is angle
between r and P

P is dipole moment, E is electric field,

Direction of Torque is normal to plain
containing P and E

W = PE(1- Cos)

P is dipole moment. E is electric field

Potential Energy of dipole in

equilibrium condition when P
is along E.

U = - PE

P is dipole moment. E is electric field

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Potential energy of dipole

at 90 degree to E

Zero

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Potential energy of dipole at

180 0

U = + PE

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Electric Flux E

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gauss theorem
Field due to infinite long
straight charged conductor
Electric field due to infinite
plane sheet of charge
Within two parallal sheets
of opposite charges
Within two parallal sheets
of similar charges

E= E.S = E.ds
E= E.ds =
q/
/2r
/2

P is dipole moment. E is electric field

Flux linked to a closed surface is q/
times the charge enclosed in it.
is linear charge density in the
conductor, r is the perpendicular
distance.
is areal charge density.
Independent of distance

Outside, field is zero

zero

Outside, field is /

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Electric field due to

spherical shell, out side
shell
Electric field on the surface
of spherical shell.
Electric field inside spherical
shell.
Electric field inside the
sphere of charge distributed
uniformly all over the
volume .

Potential due to charge Q

at distance r
Potential Energy with
charge q kept at a point
with potential V
Work done for in moving a
charge q through a potential
difference of V

Energy of system of two

charges
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Relation of E and V

E = q/(4r)

q is charge on shell, r distance from

centre.

E = q/(4R)

R is radius of shell

Zero
E = r/3

r is radius of sphere, is volumetric

charge density, is permittivity of
medium

V = Q/(4r)

Potential is characteristic of that

location

U = qV = Qq/
(4r)

Potential Energy is that of the

system containing Q and q.

W = q(V2-V1)

V = (v2 -v1)

U = q1q2/(4r)
E = - dv/dr

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Relation of E and V and

Potential at infinity / in
earth

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Electric Potential due to

dipole on a point on axial line

V = P/(4r)

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Electric Potential due to

dipole on a point on equitorial
line

Zero

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Electric Potential due to

dipole at any general
point,

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Work done in moving a

charge between two points of
an equipotential surface

Zero

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Capacitance of a spherical
conductor

4R

Capacitance of a parallal
plate capacitor

kA/d

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Dielectric Constant

E Cos = - dv/dr

dv is potential difference between two

points at distance r where r and E are in
the same direction.

where is angle between dr and E

Zero

V = P cos / 4 (r2a2 cos)

k = C / C

P is dipole momentum, r is distance

from centre of dipole

P is dipole momentum, r is distance

from centre of dipole, a is half length
of dipole, is angle between r and P

R is radius of the sphere

A is area of each plate, d is distance
between them, k is dilectric constant of
the medium between plates.
Cis capacitance with medium within
plates, and C is capacitance in free
space.

Capacitance of a spherical
capacitor.

C = 4rarb/(ra-rb)

ra and rb are radius of internal and

external spherical shells

Equivalent capacitance for

Capacitors in parallal

C = c1 + c2 +c3.

Cis equivalent capacitance, c1, c2 are

capacitnce of the capacitors joint
together.

Equivalent capacitance for

Capacitors in series

1/C = 1/c1 + 1/c2

+ 1/c3 . . .

Charge, capacitance,
Potential Difference
Energy stored in capacitor

C = q/V
cv2,
qv,
q2/c

q ischarge on the plate of capacitor

and V is Potential Difference
between the plates.
q is charge, c is capacitance, v is Pot.
Difference

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Common Potential

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Energy loss in connecting

V=C1V1+C2V2)/C1+
C2

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C C
C 1 +C

c1 at v1 is connected to c2 at v2

(V1-V2)2

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C with dielectric slab

inserted

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C with metal plate inserted

Force of attraction between
plates

kA/d-t(1-1/k)
kA/(d-t)
q2/A,
E2A

t is thickness of dielectric slab of

constant k,
t is thickness of metal plate inserted,
q is charge on plate, A is area, E
Elect. Field.