The Electric Field I:

Discrete Charge Distribution

Prof. Alexander Osorio Caicedo, M. Sc.

Departamento de Física
Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
Cali, Colombia - 2007

Hugh Young • Roger Freedman Paul A. Tipler • Gene Mosca

University Physics with Modern Physics, 11th Edition Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Fifth Edition
Pearson Education, 2003 W. H. Freeman & Company, 2004
Chapter 21: The Electric Field Chapter 21: The Electric Field I
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Discrete Charge Distribution

Electric Charge
Conductors and Insulators
The Electric Field
Electric Field Lines
Motion of Point Charges in
Electric Fields
Coulomb’s Law
Electric Dipoles in Electric Fields
Electric Charge
Conductors and Insulators
The Electric Field
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Example 21.6 [Young-Freedman]
Example 21.6 [Tipler]
Example 21.6 [Tipler]
Example 21.7 [Tipler]
Example 21.7 [Tipler]
Example 21.8 [Tipler]
Example 21.8 [Tipler]
Example 21.8 [Tipler]
Electric Field Lines
Example 21.9 [Tipler]
Motion of Point Charges in
Electric Fields
Example 21.7 [Young-Freedman]
Example 21.8 [Young-Freedman]
Example 21.10 [Tipler]
Example 21.11 [Tipler]
Example 21.12 [Tipler]
Coulomb’s Law
Example 21.2 [Young-Freedman]
Example 21.3 [Young-Freedman]
Example 21.4 [Tipler]
Example 21.4 [Tipler]
Example 21.4 [Tipler]
Example 21.4 [Young-Freedman]
Example 21.5 [Tipler]
Example 21.5 [Tipler]
Electric Dipoles in
Electric Fields
Example 21.13 [Tipler]
Example 21.14 [Young-Freedman]
Example 21.15 [Young-Freedman]