ANALYSIS 1. Why is the voltage reading along an equipotential line zero? Potential is defined to be equal along the equipotential.

Voltage, on the other hand is the potential difference. Since potential is equal to every points in the equipotential line, there wouldnt be work done in moving the test charge along the given line; and it follows that voltage (potential difference) is zero as well. 2. At what point is the voltage reading greatest? What is the significance of this? Letting the data gathered in part A(Dipoles of Unlike Charges) as the basis, the farther the coordinate is from the fixed point, the higher is its voltage regardless of it being positive or negative coordinates in the table provided. Hence, the outermost part is the point wherein voltage reading is greatest Part B, on the other hand, shows that distance is inversely proportional to the voltage. 3. Describe the electric field inside the guard ring. The electrical field inside the guard ring is projected spherically inward because the electric lines are trapped inside of it travels inside the guard ring and doesnt outrun. Moreover, since it is circular in shape, the electrical field will

travel in the same direction to that of the magnetic field of the guard ring thats why the electrical field forms several rings inside. The rings inside the guard ring signifies the electric field of the given setup.

CONCLUSION The experiment (Electric Fields and Equipotential Lines) deals with the study of the nature of electric fields by mapping the equipotential lines and then drawing in the electric lines of force. These equipotential lines were mapped using a digital multimeter to locate points of equal potential. An electric field is defined to be the region where electrostatic force is present, generated by electrically charged particles and time-varying magnetic fields. Theyre are considered as well as the measure of particles ability to attract or repel other charged particles. By means of mapping out the equipotential lines, the magnitude and direction of electrical fields are visually represented through electric field lines.

The first part of the experiment examine the dipoles of unlike charges. With the aid of the multimeter, we carefully searched for the points in the conductive paper that have equal potential to the first we probed. Connecting the coordinate points (x,y) weve gathered, it was observed that it results to a parabolic curve. Also, the distances of equipotential lines are in proportion to its distance to the point source. The 2 nd part, on the other note, shows that equipotential lines tend to form a circular pattern once contained inside a guard ring made up of silver ink pen (enclosing the point source).
The experiment doesnt have any calculation of percentage of error, however, the graphs that are to be done could be more accurate if the measurements gathered are taken carefully and precisely as possible, yielding a smooth curved graph.