Section 14.4 Electric Field

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Section 14.4 Electric field • Electric field line

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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 19)

Electric field What causes like charges to repel and unlike charges to attract? Charged objects exert electrostatic force (attractive / repulsive) on nearby objects

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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 19)

Electric field charged objects sets up an electric field around it

Electric field patterns — shows E-field due to charged object

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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 19)

Electric field E.H.T. power supply Expt 14A Electric field

Electric field apparatus →semolina lines up →electric field pattern

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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 20)

Electric field Electric field patterns formed by electrodes of different shapes



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Electric field



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(e)

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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 20)

Electric field line E-field pattern represented by ⇒ electric field lines

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shows the directions o f forces experienced by a positive tes t charge (X) in E-fiel d

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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 20)

Electric field line directed from +ve char ge to −ve char ge

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Electric field line Do not have branches

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Do not cross one another

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Class Practice 4: 4 Refer to Fig. 14.14, sketch the electric field lines between the electrodes in the electric field apparatus as shown. (a)

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14.4 Electric field (SB p. 19)

Thinking 6

Name one similarity between an electric field and a gravitational field. Both exert a force on an object.

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