Charges, Electric Force, Field


  • Everything in our life is made of atoms. For example, your pen, your pencil, and the computer you are using. Atoms are made of three basic particles: proton with a positive charge, neutral with no charge, and electron with a negative charge. The three basic particles allow matter to have charge, and generate electrical force . (Charges produce force). In this chapter, we are going to focus on how charges produce force.

Learning Objectives

  • Electric charge
  • Electric force
  • Coulomb's Law
  • Electric field
  • Electric dipole

Introductory Lecture

Practice Problems

Ch 5 Problems University Physics Volume 2 Open Stax
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Ch 5 Additional Problems University Physics Volume 2 Open Stax
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