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Electric fields

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Electric field strength, Coulomb force, electric potential and charged-particle motion.

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Electric fields

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  • Use Coulomb's law and definitions of electric field strength.
  • Relate electric potential, potential difference and energy transfer.
  • Analyse uniform and radial electric fields qualitatively and quantitatively.
  • Define electric field strength as force per unit positive test charge.
  • Use E = F/Q and E = V/d for appropriate fields.
  • Apply the inverse-square character of the force between point charges qualitatively.