Electrostatics, Electric Fields, and Coulomb's Law

This pathway explores the fundamental force of electrostatics, which is described by Coulomb's law. The concept of an electric field is introduced as the force per unit charge. Problems are provided to check for understanding.

Topics

  • electrostatics
  • concentrating charge
  • strength of force
  • direction of force
  • electric field lines
  • multiple charges
  • force
  • charged object
  • static electricity
  • Coulomb's law
  • electric charge
  • charge
  • electric
  • electric field
  • field