Experiment 01: Coulomb’s Law

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 Coulomb’s Law

q1 q2
F k 2
r
k  8.99 109 N  m 2 / C 2

F - Coulomb’s Force
k - Coulomb’s constant
q1, q2 - charge magnitudes
r - distance between their centers of q1 & q2

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Experimental setup
Online simulation

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 Experimental procedure
Part A (𝑭 ∝ )

• Launch the simulation. Informative title

• Set the values of q1 and q2 as per 𝑭 (…)
the lab manual.

• Change the distance between q1 and

q2 and measure the force.

• Repeat the same procedure for the

distances as in the lab manual (…)

• Use graph linearization to draw a

� 𝟏
straight line relation regarding the = k k |𝒒𝟏 𝒒𝟐|
force and the distance between the � 𝒓
𝟐

two spheres.

y = ax
• Use the slope to determine k
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 Part B (𝑭 ∝ )

• Set a constant distance between 𝑭 (…) Informative title

the two charges.

• change the values of q1 and q2 as per

the lab manual.

• Calculate .Measure the force.

• Repeat the same procedure as in the

(…)
lab manual

• Draw a straight line to show the �

relation regarding the force and the �
= k |𝒒 𝟏 𝒒𝟐|
product of the two charges.

• Use the slope to determine k y = ax

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