Category: TruPHY 201
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Chapter 2: Electric Fields
2.1 Introduction to Electric Fields Electric fields are all around us. An electric field is a region surrounding a charged object where another charged object experiences a force due to electrostatic attraction or repulsion. The electric field () is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude and direction. The electric field is defined as…
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Chapter 1: Electric Charge and Coulomb’s Law
1.1 Introduction to Electric Charge Electric charge is a fundamental property of matter. There are two types of electric charge: positive and negative. Objects with like charges repel each other, while objects with opposite charges attract each other. The fundamental unit of charge is the elementary charge which is the charge of a proton (positive)…