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PHY-1203
Laboratory Experiment 1
Coulombs Law
Purpose:
The purpose of this experiment is to analyze the relationship among force, charge and
distance summarized in Coulomb's law.
Theory:
The first law of electrostatics states that like charges repel and unlike charges attract.
The ejs_electric_sampler shows the force vectors on charges. Students can move and
change the value of an individual charge and add more charges.
3. Move the red and green charges around and note what happens to the force arrows and
the force.
Yes
8. Set the red charge back to q=1. Change the size of the green charge, what happens to
the force? Why?
The Force will change, because in Coulombs law if one of the Q change the Force will
change.
9. Reset the simulation and add another charge. Move the charges around until the red
charge has no force on it. Take a screenprint of your configuration and paste it here.
10. In this configuration, if you increase the charge of the red charge, will it experience a
force?
The force of the blue and green charge will increase, but The force of red charge will still
Zero.
11. What if you change the green or blue charge, will the force on the red charge remain
zero?
No will not remain zero. If we change one of green or blue charge, the force of red charge
will increase, and all charges will have different force If we want to to make the red charge
force remain zero than we should make green and blue charge have the same force.
7. A +60 C charge is placed 60 mm to the left of a +20 C charge. What is the resultant
force on a -35 C charge midway between the two charges?
60mm
+60 C +20 C
q1
q2
Abstract: This experiment about Coulombs law, we use a program Freeware Simulation
Package, it shows the force vectors on charges and can move and change the value of an
individual charge and add more charges. From the experiment, we prove the
relationship among force, charge, and distance summarized in Coulomb's law, which is
the first law of electrostatics states that like charges repel and unlike charges attract.
References:
College Physics .Giambattista, A. Richardson, R. C. Richardson, B. ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
DOW/DOW 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2) , 4 ed.