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What is the direction of the electric field near a negative charge?
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What direction does the electric field point at a position directly east of a negative charge?
south
In which direction does the electric field point at position directly east of a positive charge?
Yes. The electric field in physics is represented by a vector, it has three components governing the field strength in the up-down, left-right and forward-backwards directions.
Do electric fields point outward or inward?
We define the "direction"of an electric field to be the direction of the force it exerts on a positive test charge placed in the field. So if there is some charge inside a shell, the field outside the shell points outward if the charge inside is positive, and inward if the charge inside is negative.
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.
How do you compare and contrast the electrical field around a negative charge and the electric field around a positive charge?
Around a positive charge we have a repulsive field and around negative charge we have an attractive field.
What direction does the electric field point at a position directly east of a negative charge?
south
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)
Where do electric field lines point?
The electric field lines are directed away from a positive charge and towards a negative charge so that at any point , the tangent to a field line gives the direction of electric field at that point.
When determining an electric field must a positive test charge be used or would a negative one do as well?
We could just as well use a negative test charge to determine an electric field, but then the Electric field vector would point opposite the direction of the force on the test charge.
In which direction does the electric field point at position directly east of a positive charge?
Yes. The electric field in physics is represented by a vector, it has three components governing the field strength in the up-down, left-right and forward-backwards directions.
Do electric fields point outward or inward?
We define the "direction"of an electric field to be the direction of the force it exerts on a positive test charge placed in the field. So if there is some charge inside a shell, the field outside the shell points outward if the charge inside is positive, and inward if the charge inside is negative.
The electric field of a point charge always points away from the charge?
If the given point charge is of positive one then the field points away from the charge. This is because we define the field at a point as the FORCE acting on unit POSITIVE charge. Like charges have to repel and hence the direction. If, other wise, the point charge is negative then electric field due to this negative charge would be towards the negative and not away from it.
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.
Compare and contrast The Electric Field Around The Negative Charge And The Electric Field Around A Positive Charge?
A negative charge is caused by a excess of electrons and a positive charge by their lack.
How do you compare and contrast the electrical field around a negative charge and the electric field around a positive charge?
Around a positive charge we have a repulsive field and around negative charge we have an attractive field.
Electric field lines show the strength and what of an electric field?
Direction and electric flux density. Representing an electric field (and this works with other fields also) with lines is a sophisticated and time honored tradition. The density of lines in any region of space is proportional to the strength (magnitude) of the field in that region of space. The direction of the field is along the direction of the line at each position on each of the lines. In such a graphical representation the field direction goes out from positive charge and in towards negative charge and the visualization usually has some indication of the sign of charge or direction of the field to give the information about direction of the vector field represented by the field lines.
Why dipole moment is avector?
Since there is charge separation in a polar covalent bond, there is also resultant electric field from partial positive charge to partial negative charge.hence due to electric field in one direction and also magnitude of equal and opposite charge.....it is a vector.
