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Electrostatics
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Physics
11th Grade
04/30/2009

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Term

electric field

Definition

exerts a force on other electrically charged objects

 

 

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Term
coloumb
Definition

is the SI unit of electric charge

 

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Term
electric potential
Definition

is the potential energy per unit of charge that is with a static (time-invariant) electric field.

UE = qφ

Term
electric potential energy
Definition

is a potential energy with the conservative coloumb forces within a defined system of point charges.

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Term
potential difference
Definition

the electric potential difference is the difference in electric potential (V)

 

Vb-Va=PE/Charge

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