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Electrostatics Formulas and Concepts

The document discusses various electrostatics formulas and concepts including: 1. Coulomb's Law which describes the electrostatic force between two point charges. 2. The electric field and electric field formulas for point charges, circular loops of charge, and dipoles. 3. Electrostatic potential, potential differences, and the relationship between electric field and potential gradient. 4. Gauss' Law and how it relates electric flux through a closed surface to the net charge enclosed by the surface.

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Electrostatics Formulas and Concepts

The document discusses various electrostatics formulas and concepts including: 1. Coulomb's Law which describes the electrostatic force between two point charges. 2. The electric field and electric field formulas for point charges, circular loops of charge, and dipoles. 3. Electrostatic potential, potential differences, and the relationship between electric field and potential gradient. 4. Gauss' Law and how it relates electric flux through a closed surface to the net charge enclosed by the surface.

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Electrostatics formulas

Electrostatic force
Coulomb's Law
F = kq1q2/r2
where k=1/4πεo=9x109Nm2C-2
εo = 8.85x10-12C2m-2N-1
See a solved example at [Link]

Vector notation

Electrostatic field
Electric field due to a point charge
E = F/qo = kq/r2 N/C
See a solved example at [Link]
E due to circular loop of charge (radius r) at a distance x from the center

Electric dipole
Dipole moment
Cm

Electric field at an axial point of a dipole


Electric field at an equatorial point of a dipole

Torque acting on a dipole in a uniform electric field

Potential energy of a dipole in a uniform electric field

Electrostatic potential
Electrostatic potential difference

Potential due to a point charge

Potential at an axial point of a dipole

if then

Potential at an equatorial point of a dipole

Relation between electrostatic field and


potential gradient
Electric field = negative of the potential gradient
Electrostatic potential energy
Electrostatic potential energy of two point charges

Gauss' theorem
Electric flux

Gauss' theorem

Definition: Electric flux ϕ through any closed surface is 1/εo times the net
charge Q enclosed by the surface.

Electric field E due to infinitely long straight wire (a line


charge)

Electric field E due to thin infinite plane sheet of charge

Electric field between two thin infinite plane parallel


sheets of charge

Electric field due to uniformly charged spherical shell

for r > R
for r < R

for r = R

Capacitance

Farad 1F = 1 C/V

Isolated spherical conductor

Parallel plate capacitor

or where and k is dielectric constant

Capacitors in series

Capacitors in parallel

Energy stored in a capacitor

Energy density

Common potential

C with conducting slab between the two plates

where t is thickness of slab [t < d]


C with dielectric slab between the two plates

where k is the dielectric constant

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