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1. Electric Field: Electric field is a region of space around a charge or a system of charges within which other charged particles experience electrostatic forces. Theoretically, electric field extends upto infinity but practically it is limited to a certain distance. Electric Field Strength or Electric Field Intensity or Electric Field: Electric field strength at a point in an electric field is the electrostatic force per unit positive charge acting on a vanishingly small positive test charge placed at that point. + q q - Source charge, qo Test charge, F Force & E Field Lt or or 10 The test charge is considered to be vanishingly small because its presence should not alter the configuration of the charge(s) and thus the electric field which is intended to be measured.

2. Note: Since do is taken positive, the direction of electric field (E ) is along the direction of electrostatic force ( F). 1. 2. Electrostatic force on a negatively charged particle will be opposite to the direction of electric field. 3. Electric field is a vector quantity whose magnitude and direction are uniquely determined at every point in the field. 4. SI unit of electric field is newton / coulomb ( N C-1 ).

3. Electric Field due to a Point Charge: Force exerted on qo by q is 4TTEO P (x,y,z) or 4TTE0 Electric field strength is 4 or The electric field due to a point charge has spherical symmetry. If q>0, then the field is radially outwards. If q < 0, then the field is radially inwards. 2

4. Electric field in terms of co-ordinates is given by 4TTEo ( x2 + y2 + z2 ) 3/2 Superposition Principle: The electrostatic force experienced by a charge due to other charges is the vector sum of electrostatic forces due to these other charges as if they are existing individually a1 2 F1F12F13F14F15 Fa (ra) In the present example, a 1 and b 2 to 5 If the force is to be found on 2nd charge, then a - 1 and 3 to 5. 13 2 and b

5. Note: The interactions must be on the charge which is to be studied due to other charges. The charge on which the influence due to other charges is to be found is assumed to be floating charge and others are rigidly fixed For eg. 1st charge (floating) is repelled away by q2 and q4 and attracted towards q3 and q5 The interactions between the other charges (among themselves) must be ignored. i.e. F23, F24, F25, F34 Fas and Fa5 are ignored. Superposition principle holds good for electric field also. Electric Lines of Force: An electric line of force is an imaginary straight or curved path along which a unit positive charge is supposed to move when free to do so in an electric field. Electric lines of force do not physically exist but they represent real situations. Electric Lines of Force

6. 1. Electric Lines of Force due to a Point Charge: a) Representation of electric field in terms of field vectors: The size of the arrow represents the strength of electric field. b) Representation of electric field in terms of field ines (Easy way of drawing)

7. 2. Electric Lines of Force due to a pair of Equal and Unlike Charges: (Dipole) 3. Electric Lines of Force due to a pair of Equal and Like Charges: Electric lines of force contract lengthwise to represent attraction between two unlike charges. Electric lines of force exert lateral (sideways) pressure to represent repulsion between two like charges.

8. 4. Electric Lines of Force due to a Uniform Field: Properties of Electric Lines of Force or Field Lines: The electric lines of force are imaginary lines. A unit positive charge placed in the electric field tends to follow a path along the field line if it is free to do so. 1. 2. 3. The electric lines of force emanate from a positive charge and terminate on a negative charge. 4. The tangent to an electric field line at any point gives the direction of the electric field at that point. 5. Two electric lines of force can never cross each other. If they do, then at the point of intersection, there will be two tangents. It means there are two values of the electric field at that point, which is not possible. Further, electric field being a vector quantity, there can be only one resultant field at the given point, represented by one tangent at the given point for the given line of force.

9. Electric lines of force are closer (crowded) where the electric field is stronger and the lines spread out where the electric field is weaker. 6. 7. Electric lines of force are perpendicular to the surface of a positively or negatively charged body. 8. Electric lines of force contract lengthwise to represent attraction between two unlike charges. Electric lines of force exert lateral (sideways) pressure to represent repulsion between two like charges. 9.

10. 10. The number of lines per unit cross - sectional area perpendicular to the field lines (i.e. density of lines of force) is directly proportional to the magnitude of the intensity of electric field in that region. AN 11. Electric lines of force do not pass through a conductor. Hence, the interior of the conductor is free from the influence of the electric field. Solid or hollow conductor Electrostatic Shielding) No Field 12. Electric lines of force can pass through an insulator.

11. Electric Field Intensity due to an Electric Dipole: i) At a point on the axial line: Resultant electric field intensity at the point P is Ep=Eg-EA Ep = EA + EB The vectors EA and Ep are collinear and opposite. 2 p x 2 p x PIE Ifl << x, then X + 1)2 The direction of electric field intensity at a point on the axial line due to a dipole is always along the direction of the dipole moment 1 2 (q . 2) x 4TTE0 2 1212

12. -2 1 4TTED(x212)32 i) Ifi << y, then EaR The direction of electric field intensity at a point on the equatorial line due to a dipole is parallel and opposite to the direction of the dipole moment. If the observation point is far away or when the dipole is very short, then the electric field intensity at a point on the axial line is double the electric field intensity at a point on the equatorial line. i.e. Ifi << x and I << y, then Ep 2 Eo