Electric Field

Electric Intensity

• The field intensity E at any location in an electrostatic field is the

ratio of the force on an infinitely small charge at that location to
the charge itself as the charge decreases to zero.
• The force F on any charge q at that point in the field is given by
Electric Flux Desnsity

• The electric flux density D associated with the field intensity E is

• where ε is the permittivity of the medium in which the electric

field exists
• The work done on a charge when moved in an electric field is
defined as the potential.
• The potential φ is equal to

• where l is the path through which the charge is moved.

• Several relationships between the various quantities in the electric field can
be summarized as follows:
D=εE

F is the force exerted on a charge q in the electric field E, and S is the closed
surfacecontaining charge q.
Types of Electric Fields

• Electric Fields have two configurations:

• 1. Uniform
• 2. Non Uniform
• a) Weakly Non uniform
• b) Extreely Non uniform
Uniform v/s Non uniform
Types of Electrodes and Field produced by
them