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Posted by DR86 on Feb-25-2004 21:01:

Physics

alright you geeks...

who wants to explain lines of force (electric fields) to me?


Posted by sandstorm03 on Feb-25-2004 21:06:

what about them, you could spend ages on them.
electric field, is the force per charge
positive charges have a field going out from the center
go look up coulombs law kq/rr


Posted by DR86 on Feb-25-2004 21:09:

quote:
Originally posted by sandstorm03
what about them, you could spend ages on them.
electric field, is the force per charge
positive charges have a field going out from the center
go look up coulombs law kq/rr


i already have coulomb's law, and all that other stuff. what i want to know is that are lines of force just what you're drawing when you draw the field diagrams?


Posted by sandstorm03 on Feb-25-2004 21:18:

you may be drawing the force that 1 partical applys to another(coulombs law)
you may be drawing the flux, which is the field times area


Posted by sandstorm03 on Feb-25-2004 21:21:

if you see a particle with lines comming out of it most of the time its showing the electronic field which exerts forces on objects


Posted by DJ_Lord on Feb-26-2004 05:03:

nerd.


Posted by sandstorm03 on Feb-26-2004 06:35:

i try


Posted by nchs09 on Feb-26-2004 06:43:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Lord
nerd.

i second that


Posted by drizzt81 on Feb-26-2004 14:08:

Re: Physics

quote:
Originally posted by DR86
alright you geeks...

who wants to explain lines of force (electric fields) to me?
what is your question pertaining to field lines?


Posted by drizzt81 on Feb-26-2004 14:10:

quote:
Originally posted by DR86
i already have coulomb's law, and all that other stuff. what i want to know is that are lines of force just what you're drawing when you draw the field diagrams?


Field lines are a way to visualize force. They are IMAGINARY, i.e. they do not exist (as far as we know). They are a concept to help people understand the electromagnetic force. For the electromagnetic force, field lines exit positive charge and enter negative charge. Their density is related to the strength, i.e. the closer the lines, the stronger the field -> more force. Therefore, the force close to a source or sink is greater than far away. Field lines always have a source and a sink.



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