PHYS 1750: SELECTED TOPICS in PHYSICS
LECTURE 29. Electric Forces and Fields
17.1. | Electric Charge | ||
1. | "Positive" and "Negative" | ||
2. | Conservation | ||
3. | Likes repel, opposites attract | ||
4. | Quantization | ||
a. Protons: 1.60 x10-19 C | |||
b. Electrons: -1.60 x10-19 C | |||
c. [Neutrons: zero C] | |||
17.2. | Charge Transfer | ||
1. | Conductors | ||
2. | Insulators | ||
17.3. | Force: Coulomb's Law | ||
F = k q1q2 / r 2 | |||
k = 8.9875 x109 N*m2/C2 | |||
17.4. | Superposition | ||
17.5. | Electric Field E = F/qo | ||
17.6. | Charge and Field in a Conductor |