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 | ||