General Physics 2

Marlon F. Sacedon
AUG 2017

PHYSICS 16
ELECTROMAGNETISM

Electric Field
MARLON FLORES SACEDON
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What is electric field?
• An electric field is a vector field that associates to each point in space the Coulomb force
experienced by a unit electric charge.
• Electric field is defined as the electric force per unit charge. The direction of the field is taken to be
the direction of the force it would exert on a positive test charge.
• The electric field is radially outward from a positive charge and radially in toward a negative point
charge. +𝑞
 

+𝑞
 
+𝑞
 
+𝑞
 

+
 General Physics 2
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What is electric field?
An electric field is a vector field that associates to each point in space the Coulomb force
experienced by a unit electric charge. Electric fields converge and diverge at electric charges and
they can be induced by time-varying magnetic fields. The electric field combines with the
magnetic field to form the electromagnetic field.
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Electric field lines

Outward direction of electric field Inward direction of electric field

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Electric field lines
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  𝐹  𝐹=𝑞𝐸
+𝑞
 
𝐸=  𝐸  𝐹
𝑞
 𝐹
Definition of Electric field
+𝑞
  𝑟
   𝐸

  |𝑄𝑞|
𝑘 2  𝑟
𝑟
𝐸=
𝑞 +𝑄
  -𝑄
 

  𝑄   1 𝑄
𝐸 =𝑘 2 or 𝐸= ∙ 2
𝑟 4 𝜋 𝜖𝑜 𝑟
  Where:
= electric field , vector quantity
=
= source charge
+ = unit charge
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 Problem: A point charge is located at the origin. Find the
electric field vector at the field , .
 
  1 𝑄 Magnitude of electric field
𝑞=−
  8.0 𝑛𝐶 𝐸= ∙ 2
  𝑥
+ 4 𝜋 𝜖𝑜 𝑟
_
𝜃  𝐸
  𝑥 =𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃
  𝑄
𝐸 =𝑘 2   𝑥 =180,000 𝑁
 𝑟
𝑜
1.6
  𝑐𝑚 𝑟 𝐸
𝐶
𝑐𝑜𝑠 53.1
⃗𝐸  ⃗𝐸    √ 1.22+1.62 =2 𝑐𝑚
𝑦 𝑟= ¿  108,075.64
𝑁
𝐶
𝜃  +𝑞
 
  − 1 1.6 𝐸
−
  𝑦 1.2 𝜃=𝑇𝑎𝑛 =53.1𝑜   𝑦 =𝐸𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
  𝑐𝑚⃗𝐸  𝑥 1.2
𝑁
  𝑦 =180,000 𝑜
 
2
9 𝑁 . 𝑚 ( 8.0 𝑛𝐶 )
𝐸 𝑠𝑖𝑛 53.1
𝐸=9 𝑥 10 𝐶
𝐸
⃗ 𝐸 𝑥+ ⃗
  =⃗ 𝐸𝑦 𝐶
2
( 2 𝑐𝑚 )2 𝑁
2 −9 ¿  143,943.24
  9 𝑁 . 𝑚 ( 8.0 𝑥 10 𝐶) 𝐶
𝐸
  =𝐸 𝑥 ( − 𝑖^ ) + 𝐸 𝑦 ( + ^𝑗 )
⃗ 𝐸=9 𝑥 10
𝐶
2 2
  𝑁 𝑁
( 2 𝑥 10−2 𝑚 ) ⃗
𝐸=108,075.64 ( − 𝑖^ )+143,943.24 ( + ^𝑗 )
𝐶 𝐶
  =− 108,075.64 𝑁 𝑖^ −143,943.24 𝑁 ^𝑗
𝐸
⃗
( 𝐶 𝐶 )
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Superposition of electric field
- 𝑄
  3

- 𝑄
  2   𝑄   1 𝑄
𝐸=𝑘 2 or 𝐸= ∙ 2
𝑟  3 𝑟 4 𝜋 𝜖𝑜 𝑟
 𝑟 2
 𝐸3   Where:
 𝐸2 = electric field , vector quantity
 𝐸1 =
+𝑞
  𝑟  1 +𝑄
  1
= source charge
+ = unit charge

  ++…
Vector sum or Geometric sum
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 ASSIGNMENT 1: Find the electric field vector (Figure below) at the origin due to the surrounding
charges , , & . Calculate also the magnitude and direction of electric field.

𝑦 

+ 𝑄  3=4 .0 𝜇𝐶
3cm
+ 
5cm
𝑜
50
   
𝑥 
 0 -
6cm
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ASSIGNMENT 2:
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 3. At the three consecutive corners of a square 10 cm on the side are point
charges of ; respectively. Find the electrostatic field at the fourth corner
of the square.
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4.

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