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Electrostatics

The field of electrostatics covers the fields and forces associated with static electric charge distributions. Wolfram|Alpha provides formulas for computing electric field strength and force. Examine electric field equations for many different charge distributions.

Electrostatics

Compute the equations, electric fields and forces associated with unmoving charges.

Do a Coulomb's law computation:

Coulomb's law 2.0mC, 5.0mC, 250cm

Compute electric potential and field strength:

charged sphere radius=12cm, charge=5.5mC

Find equations associated with a charge distribution:

charged disk
charged cuboid
electric field of a point charge
electric potential of a charged square sheet
electric charge density of a charged ellipsoid

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