Unit 1 - Electrostatics

01 - Electrostatics Learning Goals

Charge - what is it?

Elementary charge

Electric force (with vector addition)

Relative strength of electric interactions

Conservation of charge

Charge distribution (charging by friction, conduction, induction, redistribution caused by electric fields, model charges in insulators and conductors)

Polarization

Electric field (vector addition, 2-4 charges)

Force-field relationship

Monopole vs. dipole fields

Electric field between charged plates

Electric potential energy / electric potential

Isolines

Electric field from changes in electric potential along a line

Electric field from isolines