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    Electric & Magnetic Fields

    An electric field surrounds electrically charged particles and time-varying magnetic fields. The electric field depicts the surrounding force of an electrically charged particle exerted on other electrically charged objects. The concept of an electric field was first introduced by Michael Faraday.

    The electric field is a vector field with SI units of newton’s per coulombs. The strength of the field at a given point is defined as the force that would be exerted on a positive test charge of one coulomb placed at that point. The direction of the field is given by the direction of that force.

    An electric field that changes with time influences the local magnetic field. The electric and magnetic fields are not completely separate phenomena’s. What one observer perceives as an electric field, another observer in a different frame of reference perceived as a mixture of electric and magnetic fields.

    A magnetic field is a mathematical description of the magnetic influences of electric currents and magnetic materials. The magnetic field at any given point is specified by both a direction and a magnitude. The magnetic field is most commonly defined in terms of the Lorentz force it exerts on moving electric charges.

    Magnetic fields are produced by moving electric charges and intrinsic magnetic moments of elementary particles with a fundamental quantum property, their spin. In special relativity, electric and magnetic fields are two interrelated aspects of a single object. This is called the electromagnetic tensor.

    Magnetic fields are most often encountered as an invisible force created by permanent magnets. These magnets pull on iron objects that attract or repel other magnets. Magnetic fields are widely used throughout modern technology. 

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    Gauss' Law

    Solutions: 102

    Gauss' Law is the law relating the distribution of electric charge to the resulting electric field.

    Ampere's Law

    Solutions: 43

    Ampere's Law is the law that for any states closed loop circuit, the sum of the length elements times the magnetic field in the direction of the length element is equal to the permeability times the electric current enclosed in the loop.

    Biot-Savart Law

    Solutions: 14

    Biot-Savart Law is the equation which describes the magnetic field generated by an electric current.

    Faraday's Law

    Solutions: 13

    Faraday's Law states that any change in the magnetic environment of a coil of wire will cause a voltage to be induced in the coil.

    EM Waves

    Solutions: 73

    Electromagnetic waves are waves of energy consisting of electric and magnetic fields, oscillating at right angles to each other.

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    Electric and Magnetic force on an electron

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    Levitation in the electric field near the surface of the earth.

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    An Air-Filled Toroidal Solenoid

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    Electrostatic Potential

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    Magnitude/Direction of Electric Field

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    Electrostatics: Capacitor

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    Magnatic Field at a Disk Center

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    Interference of Electromagnetic Plane Waves

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    Near field (electric or magnetic) or far field

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    Capacitors and Conservation of Energy

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    Physics: 5 Problems on electrostatics.

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    Physics: Magnetic field of two parallel conductors

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    Electron's Motion in a Magnetic Field

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    Ranking the locations in order of strength of a magnetic field

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    Determining Magnitude and Direction of a Vector

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    Physics: Position and magnitude of electric charge

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    Angle of total electric field due to three charges

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    Electric field between two charged parallel plates

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    Magnetic induction at the center

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    Electric Fields (Line, Loop and Disc)

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