PPT-Electric Charge and Electric Field

Chapter 21 2016 Pearson Education Inc Learning Goals for Chapter 21 Looking forward at how objects become electrically charged and how we know that electric charge is conserved how to use Coulombs law to calculate the electric force between charges. Balloon and Scotch Tape Electroscope Lab. Balloon Lab. Big Idea. : There exist electrical charges which can repel/attract one another.. Up and atom!. An atom is the smallest unit of a particular element.. Physics 2415 Lecture 3. Michael Fowler, UVa. Today’s Topics. Continuous charge distributions: line of charge. Visualizing the field: lines of force. Electron moving in a field. Electric dipoles. Superposition. Physics 2415 Lecture 2. Michael Fowler, UVa. The Electroscope. Charge detector invented by an English clergyman in 1787. Two very thin strips of gold leaf hang side by side from a conducting rod.. If a . The electric force is one of the fundamental forces of nature. Controlled electricity is the cornerstone of our modern, technological society.. Chapter Goal: . To develop. a basic understanding of electric phenomena in terms of charges, forces, and fields.. . 21-6 The . Electric . Field. Gravitational . Field. +. -e. Electric Field. +. +. +. Units . N/C. 21-6 Electric Field. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0Lg-uSMSQ. 21-6 Electric Field: point charge. Electrons on an insulator (zoomed in).. Zoomed out – difficult to “see” individual electrons . smooth distribution of charge..  Like charge is “smeared” on the insulator.  . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. Contents:. Basic Concept. Calculating electric Field example. Whiteboards. Point Charges. Examples. Whiteboards. Electric Fields in Charge Arrays. Force on mass Force on charge. g = Field strength E = Field strength. 1. When the balloon is rubbed on the sweater, what might happen?. A. . Some positive charges in the sweater will move onto the balloon. B. Some negative charges in the sweater will move onto the balloon. Rank. Responses. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. For a fixed electric field . E, . the flux . Φ. E. increases with cross . sectional area.. True. False. The signs of point charges q. 1. and q. 2. are:. q. 1. , q. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.. Contents of Chapter 16. Static Electricity; Electric Charge and Its Conservation. Electric . Charge in the Atom. Insulators . and Conductors. Induced . Charge; the Electroscope. 18.1 . The Origin of Electricity. The electrical nature of matter is inherent. in atomic structure.. coulombs. 18.1 . The Origin of Electricity. In nature, atoms are normally. found with equal numbers of protons. Michael Fowler, UVa. Today’s Topics. Continuous charge distributions: line of charge. Visualizing the field: lines of force. Electron moving in a field. Electric dipoles. Superposition. The . total electric force . Physicists have identified four fundamental forces that account for the account all phenomena in the universe. .* . Force. Strength. Distance of action. Description. Strong nuclear. Very. strong!. Very, very Short. Defining the Electric Field. Michael Faraday suggested the idea of a force field to explain how the electric force can act at a distance.. An . electric field . is a property of the space around a charged object that exerts forces on other charged objects. .