Electric charge and electric field

OpenStax

@

Introduction to electric charge and electric field

Static electricity and charge: conservation of charge

1 Charge carried by electrons and protons

2 Separation of charge in atoms

3 Section summary

4 Conceptual questions

5 Problems & Exercises

Conductors and insulators

1 Charging by contact

2 Charging by induction

3 Section summary

4 Conceptual questions

5 Problems & Exercises

Coulomb’s law

Electric field: concept of a field revisited

Electric field lines: multiple charges

1 Adding electric fields

2 Section summary

3 Conceptual questions

4 Problem exercises

Electric forces in biology

1 Polarity of water molecules

2 Section summary

3 Conceptual question

Conductors and electric fields in static equilibrium

1 Earth’s electric field

2 Electric fields on uneven surfaces

3 Applications of conductors

4 Section summary

5 Conceptual questions

6 Problems & Exercises

Applications of electrostatics

1 The van de graaff generator

3 Laser printers

4 Ink jet printers and electrostatic painting

5 Smoke precipitators and electrostatic air cleaning

6 Integrated concepts

7 Acceleration of a charged drop of gasoline

8 Section summary

9 Problems & Exercises

Source: OpenStax, College physics. OpenStax CNX. Jul 27, 2015 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11406/1.9

	19 Electric potential and electric field By OpenStax Read Online Course
	17 Physics of hearing By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Biology By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Concepts of biology By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Elementary algebra By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Elementary algebra By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Principles of microeconomics for ap® courses By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Introductory statistics By OpenStax Read Online Course
	U.s. history By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Principles of microeconomics for ap® courses By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Principles of microeconomics for ap® courses By OpenStax Read Online Course
	Introduction to sociology 2e By OpenStax Read Online Course