Purchase Solution

Properties of inverse squared law fields

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

1. When are electrostatic forces attractive? When are they repulsive? How is this different from gravitational force?

2. What does it mean to say that electrostatic forces are central forces?

3. What is the relationship between the magnitude of the force and the inverse square of the separation?

4. What happens to the magnitude of the force when the separation is held constant, for example, moving one charge in a circle around the other charge?

5. How is the principle of superposition used to analyze more than two particles?

6. What is the force between two particles in attraction/repulsion at various separations? Select values for the charges and range of separation, then plot your results in a table, and present them as a line graph.

7. In the simulation, construct an arrangement of three charges in the shape of an equilateral triangle and find the net force on one of the charges. What happens as you move the charge between the other two charges?

8. Does the "r" in Coulomb's Law refer to the radius of the particle or the distance between particles?

9. What does it mean when you calculate a negative force using Coulomb's Law?

Attachments
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

The solution discusses the properties of electric fields and calculate forces in certain configurations.

Solution Preview

Hello and thank you for posting your question to Brainmass!
The solution is attached below in two files. ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
The Moon

Test your knowledge of moon phases and movement.

Variables in Science Experiments

How well do you understand variables? Test your knowledge of independent (manipulated), dependent (responding), and controlled variables with this 10 question quiz.

Classical Mechanics

This quiz is designed to test and improve your knowledge on Classical Mechanics.

Introduction to Nanotechnology/Nanomaterials

This quiz is for any area of science. Test yourself to see what knowledge of nanotechnology you have. This content will also make you familiar with basic concepts of nanotechnology.

Intro to the Physics Waves

Some short-answer questions involving the basic vocabulary of string, sound, and water waves.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Algebraic Number Theory - Definitions

    of S has an inverse under (*) in S [Inverse property] (5) Left and Right Distributive properties hold in S under (*, $) (6) ($) is associative on S [Associative property of ($)] Field: A division ring is called a Field.

  • Exposure and the Inverse Square Law

    In this case our Inverse Square Law Factor is: 'Inverse Square Law Factor' = (30/5)^2 Since the inverse square law is simply a function of distance all we have to do is take the squared ratio of the distances from the point

  • Accelerated particles: maximum kinetic energies in a cyclotron

    No, the energy is given by: T = 1/2 * M * V^2 Hence the energy is proportional to the *charge squared* and inverse proportional to the mass (the velocity is inverse proportional to the mass and the velocity is squared).

  • equivalence relation

    (a) The identity is because (b) The inverse element of is because (c) The associative law holds because Therefore, it forms a ring. However, it does not form a field.

  • Gauss law and gravitation

    Like the electrostatic force, the gravitational force obeys an inverse square law. Thus, Gauss' law is applicable to gravitational fields as well.

  • Laplace transform

    It shows how to find the Laplace transform and its inverse by applying the basic table and properties of Laplace transform.

  • Applications of Fourier transform

    In signal processing and related fields, the Fourier transform is typically thought of as decomposing a signal into its component frequencies and their amplitudes.

  • Properties of a group

    Hence the elements H and S have no inverse. If H is considered as inverse of C (as H@C=J), then S@C=J indicates that S is inverse of C which is not correct in group.

  • Properties which are not true for 12-hour clock's numbers.

    Identify the properties which are not true for all the numbers on the 12-hour clock.

View More Related Solutions