ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS

Contents:

1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 ELECTRIC CHARGE
1.3 CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
1.4 CHARGING BY INDUCTION
1.5 BASIC PROPERTIES OF ELECTRIC CHARGE
            1.5.1 Additivity of charges
            1.5.2 Charge is conserved
            1.5.3 Quantisation of charge
1.6 COULOMB’S LAW
1.7 FORCES BETWEEN MULTIPLE CHARGES
1.8 ELECTRIC FIELD
           1.8.1 Electric field due to a system of charges
           1.8.2 Physical significance of electric field
1.9 ELECTRIC FIELD LINES
1.10 ELECTRIC FLUX
1.11 ELECTRIC DIPOLE
           1.11.1 The field of an electric dipole
                   (i) For points on the axis
                   (ii) For points on the equatorial plane
          1.11.2 Physical significance of dipoles
1.12 DIPOLE IN A UNIFORM EXTERNAL FIELD
1.13 CONTINUOUS CHARGE DISTRIBUTION
1.14 GAUSS’S LAW
1.15 APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
         1.15.1 Field due to an infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire
         1.15.2 Field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet
         1.15.3 Field due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell
                   (i) Field outside the shell
                  (ii) Field inside the shell

Page 1-5 : INTRODUCTION, ELECTRIC CHARGE (Basic concept, types of charges, Gold leaf electroscope),

Page 2-7 : CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS (Basic nature of conductors and insulators, Grounding or earthing), CHARGING BY INDUCTION

Page 8-10: BASIC PROPERTIES OF ELECTRIC CHARGE

            (a) Additivity of charges                  (b)Charge is conserved                (c) Quantisation of charge

Page 18- 23: ELECTRIC FIELD

           (a) Electric field due to a system of charges
           (b) Physical significance of electric field

Page 27 – 30:  ELECTRIC DIPOLE

           1. The field of an electric dipole

(i) For points on the axis         

(ii) For points on the equatorial plane

        2. Physical significance of dipoles

Page 31 -32: DIPOLE IN A UNIFORM EXTERNAL FIELD

Page 32 -33: CONTINUOUS CHARGE DISTRIBUTION

Page 37 -41:  APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW

         1.  Field due to an infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire

         2. Field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet

         3. Field due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell

                     (i) Field outside the shell

                  (ii) Field inside the shell

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