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What direction do the lines of force point in an electric field with multiple charges?
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An electric field has?
An electric field has both magnitude and direction and can be represented by lines of force, or field lines, that start on positive charges and terminate on negative charges.
What is the direction of electric field?
This question is impossible to answer because the force is dependant on the strength of the electric field. This will depend on how many other charges there are and how far away. The strength of an electric field is proportional to the number of charges and the inverse square of the distance. Strength of field = C x N / D2 where C is some constant, N is the number of charges (-ve will repel +ve will attract for and electron) and D is the distance between the electron and the charges creating the field.
Electric field lines point in the opposite direction charges would move if they were in the field?
positive
Positive charges feel the urge to follow the direction of the electric... whats the next word?
field
What surrounds electric charges and exerts force on other charges?
An electric field surrounds the charge and exerts force on other charges.
An electric field has?
An electric field has both magnitude and direction and can be represented by lines of force, or field lines, that start on positive charges and terminate on negative charges.
What is the direction of electric field?
This question is impossible to answer because the force is dependant on the strength of the electric field. This will depend on how many other charges there are and how far away. The strength of an electric field is proportional to the number of charges and the inverse square of the distance. Strength of field = C x N / D2 where C is some constant, N is the number of charges (-ve will repel +ve will attract for and electron) and D is the distance between the electron and the charges creating the field.
Electric field lines point in the opposite direction charges would move if they were in the field?
positive
Positive charges feel the urge to follow the direction of the electric... whats the next word?
field
The direction of the electric field vector is defined as?
Direction of the electric field vector is the direction of the force experienced by a charged particle in an external electric field.
A negatively charged object is placed within a positive electric field. what happens to the object?
Electric Field between positive and negative charges. If the Electric Field in which both the positive and negative charges are present is stronger than the Electric Field between the two charges we are talking about, the the negative charge will move away from the positive charge in that positive direction of the field. If not, then the negative charge will get attracted to the positive charge and stay at the position of the positive charge. It will be pulled toward the source of the electric field. (Novanet)
What is a charges electric field?
electric field due to a single charge.
What surrounds electric charges and exerts force on other charges?
An electric field surrounds the charge and exerts force on other charges.
The electric field passes through electrons.do the magnetic field have some sort of element like electron to exist?
Not that we are aware of. Magnetic fields are created by moving charge (electrons). The field is always at a 90° angle to the direction of the charge's motion. So an electron spinning around the nucleus will cause a tiny magnetic dipole, direction depending on which direction it is spinning. Atoms with multiple electrons may have electrons spinning in different directions which could cancel out the net effect, but if there is a net in one direction, and several those line up pointing in the same direction, then you have a magnet.
Moving electric charges will interact with?
Moving electric charges will interact with an electric field. Moving electric charges will also interact with a magnetic field.
Is the direction of the electric force on a charge is tangent to the field line?
yes,the direction of electric force on a charge is tangent of field lines.
Is electricity a force?
Yes The electric force is a force by which electric charges act on each other; the electric field is the associated field.
