Overview

Electric Charge
& Electric Force on Other Electric Charges
& Electric Field, and Electric Potential

Moving Electric Charges: Current

Electric Circuit Components: Batteries, Resistors, Capacitors
Electric Currents & Magnetic Field
& Magnetic Force on Moving Charges
Time-Varying Magnetic Field & Electric Field: Induction
More Circuit Components: Inductors, AC Circuits.
Maxwells Equations & Electromagnetic Waves & Light Waves
Physical Optics (Light Waves): Interference, Diffraction
21-2. Electric Charge
 21-4. Coulombs Law

q1q2
Fon1 by 2 = k 2 rfrom 2 to1
r

Charles-Augustin
de Coulomb (1736-1806)
 21-4. Coulombs Law/ Superposition

Vector Sum

Master the Sample Problem p567.

 21-4. Coulombs Law/ Equilibrium

Where to put a charged particle F3

such that F3 = 0 ?
21-4. Coulombs Law/ Equilibrium
 21-4. Coulombs Law/ Equilibrium

In the figure, particle 1 of charge +q and particle 2 of

charge +16.00q are held at a separation L = 4.20 cm
on an x-axis.

If particle 3 of charge q3 is to be located such that

the three particles remain in place when they are all
released, what must be:

(a) the x-coordinate of

particle 3?

(b) the ratio q3/q?

 21-4. Coulombs Law/ Symmetry

F on the central particle?

 21-4. Coulombs Law/ Symmetry

F on the central particle?

 21-5. Charge is Quantized

Charge is always found in INTEGER multiples of the

charge on an electron/proton.
Unit of charge: Coulomb (C) in SI units
Electron charge = e = -1.6 x 1019 Coulombs
Proton charge = +e = +1.6 x 1019 Coulombs
One cannot ISOLATE FRACTIONAL CHARGE
(e.g. 1/2 e, +1/3 e, etc.)

How many electrons would have to be removed from

a coin to leave it with a charge of 1.5 x 10-7 C?
 21-6. Charge Is Conserved

Total amount of charge in an isolated system is

fixed (conserved)

Example:
Two identical metal spheres have
charges +1C and 3C.
+1C -3C
You connect these together
with a metal wire; what is the ? ?
final charge distribution?
 21-6. Charge Is Conserved

Thin conducting wire

 21-6. Charge is Conserved

Identify the missing isotope in the following nuclear

reactions. (Appendix F in the textbook will help, n
represents a neutron.)

14C + 1H +n

6+8 1+0 x+y 0+1

21-6. Charge Is Conserved