ELECTRIC FIELD

FIELD LINES
WHAT IS AN ELECTRIC FIELD?
 Field around a charged particle, where
another charge experience a force.
 E
 Electric field strength is the force acting per
unit charge.
 E = F/Q unit N/C or NCˉˡ
 It is a vector quantity
COULOMB’S LAW
 Coulomb's law states that the magnitude of
the electrostatic force between two point
charges is directly proportional to the
product of the magnitudes of the charges
and inversely proportional to the square of
the distance between them.

 According to coulombs law,


 since E = F/q
 E = k Q/r²
FIELD STRENGTH BETWEEN
TWO PARALLEL PLATES
 Parallel plate

 Let a charge q is released from the +ve plate

the force experienced will be
 F = E/q But W = F.d since w = Vq
 so, E = V/d
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACE
 Any surface over which the potential is
constant is called an equipotential
surface.In other words, the potential
difference between any two points on
an equipotential surface is zero. Some
important properties of equipotential
surfaces : 1. Work done in moving a charge
over an equipotential surface is zero.
EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACE