Introduction To Electrostatics & Coulomb's Law - Field Theory.
- Electrostatics is a branch of science that involves the study of various phenomena caused by electric charges that are slow-moving or even stationary. - Electric charge is a fundamental property of matter and charge exist in integral multiple of electronic charge. Electrostatics as the study of electric charges at rest. - The two important laws of electrostatics are Coulomb’s Law. Gauss’s Law. - Both these laws are used to find the electric field due to charge configurations. - Coulomb’s law is applicable in finding electric field due to any charge configurations where as Gauss’s law is applicable only when the charge distribution is symmetrical. COULOMB’S LAW: - Coulomb’s law is the “Law of Action” which describes the force between two point charges. - A point charge is a charge that occupies a region of space which is negligibly small compared to the distance between the point charge and any other object. - Coulombs law states that “ The force ...