Electric Fields

An electric field is the electric force per unit charge

The direction of the field is from awe to C we

Electric fields can enert forces of attraction and

repulsion

An electric freed is a vector quantity meaning it has

both direction and strength

Rules for drawing electric field lines

Electric field lines go from Ctively charged objects to

C
Ively charged obdects

Electric field lines start and end 900 to the surface

Field lines never cross

Around small charged spheres called point charges the

field lines radiate like spokes on a wheel
 Around point charges
you should draw at least
8 field lines

Between two point charges the direction of the field at

any point is the resultant field rector which is

determined by adding the field vectors due to each

of the point charges

Examples of field lines

Note the distance between the addacent field lines
determine the strength of the field

The magnitude of the force euperrenced by a charged

particle due to an electric heed can be determined
using this equation

This equation tells us that the force euperrenced by

a charge proportional to the strength of the
is

electric freed and the size of its charge

Also the force on the

charged particle will cause
it to accelerate in the field Meaning
velocity can
increase decrease or change its direction while in the
field
Example Question

F qE E 5.00 10 21 3.1 10 2 NC
I
Fy 1 b X O 19
 An alternate measure of the electric field
strength is volts per metre

E ICV
Vm 1 d m

these two formulas can be rearranged to find

the work done in a uniform electric field

Work done in a Uniform Electric Field

Electrical potential energy is a form of energy that

is stored in a field

Work is done the field when the charged

on

particle is forced to move in the electric held

When energy is stored in the field then work can be

done by the field on the charged particle
Calculating work done

Based on the two formulas above

W qEd
Work done by or on an electric field

If a charged object is
moving in

the direction it would naturally tend

to
go within an electric freed Work
is done by the field

When work is done

by a charged obtect on an
electric field the obtect is forced to move against
the direction t would naturally
go
If the charge doesn't move any distance parallel
to the field no work is done on or by the
field
Example Question

E 321 1 Sunil
W fed 16410 9 x 181 0 75
Vq
2.2 10 18
Since the negatively charged electron would
normally move
away from the negative plate work
is done on the field by the electrons
Coulombs Law
The force between two point charges q and 92 separate
by a distance r is proportional to the productof the two charge
and inversely proportional to the square of the distance
between them

By including the sign of the charges in the calculat

a
positive force valve indicates repulsion and a

negative force indicates attraction

Example Question

F 9.0 109 x 4.75 107 8.33 1010

k9y9
7.50 10 Lj 2

1 6.32 10 4 N e F 6.32 10 4 N repulsion

 Example Question

2
F k 9192 qq 2.25 10 Sx 1.27 10 2
r2 Fyrd
9.0 109

9,92 4.03 10 19 since 91 9 9,2 4.03 10 19

q _TEH q G 35 10 10C and q 6.35 1010

The Electric Field At A Distance From a Charge

Example Question

b
E k 9.0 109 2.0 10 8.0 105NC
Qq O 1512
away from
Q