CK-12-Physics - Intermediate

http://www.ck12.org CHAPTER 15 Electrostatics Chapter Outline 15.1 Static Electricity 15.2 COULOMB’SLAW 15.3 ELECTROSTATICFIELDS ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics 15.1 Static Electricity Objectives The student will: Understand how an imbalance ...

15.1. Static Electricity http://www.ck12.org Rub your hand against animal fur (ex. pet a cat) in dry weather, as inFigure15.1. ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics For example, when the cat inFigure15.1 is petted, it is now known that the negati ...

15.1. Static Electricity http://www.ck12.org FIGURE 15.2 Common items that conduct electric cur- rent: aluminum foil, paper clip ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics some simple demonstrations involving objects that have contain an unbalanced amou ...

15.1. Static Electricity http://www.ck12.org FIGURE 15.5 Conduction charges neutral coin. A reasonable question at this point wo ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics FIGURE 15.7 FIGURE 15.8 An electroscope. now that the coin is charged. If the obj ...

15.1. Static Electricity http://www.ck12.org Two Ways to Charge Using Induction If the charged object is withdrawn from the elec ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics FIGURE 15.10 Grounding Disk B. FIGURE 15.11 Removal of grounding wire ensures Dis ...

15.2. Coulomb’s Law http://www.ck12.org 15.2 Coulomb’s Law Objectives The student will: Understand Coulomb’s law Understand how ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics FIGURE 15.12 Augustin de Coulomb The smallest unit of electric charge is the char ...

15.2. Coulomb’s Law http://www.ck12.org Answer: F=G meme r^2 = ( 6. 67 × 10 −^11 N·m^2 kg^2 ) ( 9. 11 × 10 −^31 kg)^2 ( 1. 00 × ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics attractive or repulsive. The FBD can be used to determine whether the magnitudes ...

15.2. Coulomb’s Law http://www.ck12.org The forceF 1 is an attractive force placed on the 20μCpoint charge by the− 80 μCpoint ch ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics 15.3 Electrostatic Fields Objectives The student will: Understand what a field i ...

15.3. Electrostatic Fields http://www.ck12.org FIGURE 15.16 Michael Faraday. That is,~E=~Fq. The electric field is a vector quan ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics the negative charge. The electric field lines for an isolated positive charge and ...

15.3. Electrostatic Fields http://www.ck12.org FIGURE 15.18 A 90. 0 μCcharge is placed in an electric field at a point where th ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Electrostatics Electric charge is a conserved quantity that comes in two kinds: positive and ne ...