Electric Field

Mechanical Physics

forces requires Physical contact between two objects and we call them contact force

Field Force

also known as Non-Contact Force

Types of Field Forces

• Electric

• Gravitational

• Magnetic

Gravitational

Affected by mass

Electric

Affected by charges

Magnetic

Affected by magnets

Electric Field is a Vector Quantity

electric field is affected by the charges and different charges involve different direction

Micheal Faraday

English scientist probably best known for his discovery of electromagnetic induction

Test Charge

vanishingly small positive charge () used in physics to measure the electric field () or force produced by another charge

Source Charge

also known as Point Charge

The field electric charge of positively charged particle is always away the charge.

The field electric of a negatively charge particle is always towards the charge.

The further the electric field lines from the charge is the weaker/ shorter the electric field gets.

The electric field of a single positively charged particle extend to infinity.

For two unlike charges, the electric field lines starts from positive charge and ends to negative charge.

If there are no negative charged objects around, the line just keep on going.