SPH4U 7.

2 Coulomb’s Law

Coulomb’s Law:_____________________________________________________________________________________

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Where

FE = ________________________________

k = _________________________________

q1 and q2 = ___________________________

r = _________________________________

The electric force (FE) is _______________________________________________________________________________

 The magnitude of the electric force, FE, is _______________________________.

In physics, it is convenient to use a negative sign to ________________________.

 Including the negative sign of a negatively charged object

____________________________________________, just a type of charge.

 You _______________________________________________ when solving problems related to Coulomb’s law.

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 SPH4U 7.2 Coulomb’s Law

Electric Force (FE)

 Is ______________________

 Orders of magnitude ____________________________________________________________.

 Because most things that exist on earth __________________________________________________________.

 However, if large collections of _________________________________________________________________,

the result is a huge amount of Force.

Comparison to Gravitational Force

 Similarities

 Both of these laws describe __________________________________________________________.

 Both objects are treated as ___________________________________________________________

 Forces _____________________________________________________________________________

 Differences

 Gravitational forces are ________________________________.

 The direction of ____________________________________________________________________.

 the magnitude of the electric force ______________________________ the magnitude of the

gravitational force ___________________________________.

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 SPH4U 7.2 Coulomb’s Law

Electric Force is a Vector

Superposition Principle:______________________________________________________________________________

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The negative sign means that, for the positive product q1q2, the force exerted on q2 is along the negative x-direction.

Example

Two particles of charge q and -2q (with q positive) are located as shown in Figure 6. A third charge q3 is placed on the x-
axis to the left of q. The total electric force on q3 is zero. The charges are separated by 1.000 m. Determine where q3
must be located.

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Your Turn

Determine the magnitude of the electric force between two charges of 1.00 x 10-4 C and 1.00 x 10-5 C that are separated
by a distance of 2.00 m.

Three point charges are placed at the following points on the x-axis: +2.0 μC at x = 0, -3.0 μC at x = 40.0 cm, and -5.0 μC
at x = 120.0 cm. Determine the force on the -3.0 μC charge.

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