General Physics 2 - Electromagnetics Review

This set of flashcards covers key vocabulary and concepts from the General Physics 2 Electromagnetics lecture notes.

Electromagnetics

The study of electric and magnetic fields and their interactions.

Electrostatics

The branch of physics that deals with electric charges at rest and their forces, fields, and potentials.

Coulomb’s Law

The law stating that like charges repel each other and unlike charges attract.

Electric Field Intensity

The force per unit positive charge that acts at a point in the field on a very small test charge placed at that location.

Electric Flux Density

The number of lines of force per unit area crossing the surface at right angles to the direction of the field.

Capacitance

A measure of how well a capacitor can store electrical charges.

Capacitor

A device that can store electric charges, consisting of two conducting plates separated by a dielectric.

Electrostatic Potential

The electric potential resulting from the location of charge bodies in the vicinity.

First Law of Electrostatics

Like charges repel each other, and unlike charges attract.

Second Law of Electrostatics

The force of attraction or repulsion between charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.