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The document discusses electric fields, focusing on calculating electric field strength using Coulomb’s law and the superposition principle. It includes sample problems involving point charges and their electric fields, as well as applications in daily life. The content is aimed at students in a General Physics 2 course at Santa Rosa Science and Technology High School.

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4 Electric Field With Sample Problems

The document discusses electric fields, focusing on calculating electric field strength using Coulomb’s law and the superposition principle. It includes sample problems involving point charges and their electric fields, as well as applications in daily life. The content is aimed at students in a General Physics 2 course at Santa Rosa Science and Technology High School.

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ELECTRIC FIELDS
MARICEL B. SUMANGHID
GENERAL PHYSICS 2
STEM-SPECIALIZED SUBJECT
SANTA ROSA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
Objectives
1. Calculate the electric field due to a system of
point charges using Coulomb’s law and the
superposition principle.
2. Solve problems involving electric charges,
forces and fields.

MARICEL B. SUMANGHID | GENERAL PHYSICS 2 | STEM-SPECIALIZED | SANTA ROSA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
Electric Field Strength
➢ The magnitude of the electric field strength is defined as the
electric force exerted by a source charge to a test charge
divided by the magnitude of the test charge.
Source charge – a larger charge
(compared to the test charge) which
is the “source” of the electric field
Symbol: Q
Test charge – a smaller charge used
to measure the electric field
strength.
Symbol: q 0
MARICEL B. SUMANGHID | GENERAL PHYSICS 2 | STEM-SPECIALIZED | SANTA ROSA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
Electric Field Strength
➢ The magnitude of the electric field strength is defined as the
electric force exerted by a source charge to a test charge
divided by the magnitude of the test charge.

Fe E - electric field strength (N/C)


E=
q0 Fe - electric force exerted by the
source charge on the test charge (N)
Fe = Eq 0 Fe q 0 - test charge (C)
q0 =
E
MARICEL B. SUMANGHID | GENERAL PHYSICS 2 | STEM-SPECIALIZED | SANTA ROSA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
Electric Field Strength
Fe k q1 q 2 k Qq 0
E= Fe = 2
→ Fe =
q0 r r2

k Qq 0
2 k Qq 0 1
E= r E=
q0 r2 q0

kQ k – Coulomb’s constant; Q – source charge;


E= 2 r – distance between source charge and test
r charge or any point in the region around it
MARICEL B. SUMANGHID | GENERAL PHYSICS 2 | STEM-SPECIALIZED | SANTA ROSA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
Electric Field
Sample Problems
(One Source Charge Involved
Sample Problem 1
Esmeralda pulls her wool sweater over her head, which
charges her body as the sweater rubs against her cotton
shirt. What is the magnitude of the electric field at a
location where a 1.60 × 10−19 C -piece of lint
experiences a force of a 3.20 × 10−9 N as it floats near
Esmeralda?
Sample Problems 2 and 3
2. Find the electric force on an electron if it is
placed at a point where the electric field
intensity is 240 N/C directed to the right.

3. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the


electric field 0.45 m from a +7.85 x 10−9 C point
charge.
Sample Problem 4 (By Pair)
A particle has a charge –3.35 nC.
(a) Find the magnitude and direction of the electric
field due to this particle at a point 0.200 m
directly above it.
(b) At what distance from this particle does its
electric field have a magnitude of 11.2 N/C?
Source: University Physics
14th Ed. Global Edition 2016
(Young and Freedman)
Electric Field due to Two to Three
Point Charges
Sample Problem 1
−6
A charge of 20 ×10 C is 20 cm from another
−6
charge of 60 × 10 C.
(a) Find the force between them.
(b) Determine the E midway between them.
(c) How much force will be experienced by an
electron placed midway between them.
Sample Problem 2
At the three consecutive corners of a square,
10 cm on each side, are point charges
−6 −6 −6
4 × 10 C, 8 × 10 C, and 12 × 10 C,
respectively. Find the net electric field at the
fourth corner of the square.
Application: Electric Fields and Electric Forces in
Daily Life

MARICEL B. SUMANGHID | GENERAL PHYSICS 2 | STEM-SPECIALIZED | SANTA ROSA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
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