28th November 2019

physics

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What is the charge on a test charge?

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Asking for the direction of the field at a particular point is the same as asking for the direction of the force experienced by a positive test charge placed at that point. A test charge is a charge with a magnitude so small that placing it at a point has a negligible affect on the field around the point.

In this regard, are point charges always positive?

Positive charge created a field that pointed radially away from because it always repelled the positive test charge. But a negative charge creates an electric field that points radially into because it's always attracting a positive test charge.

Why do electric field lines come out of positive charges and enter negative charges?

The direction of the electric field is always directed in the direction that a positive test charge would be pushed or pulled if placed in the space surrounding the source charge. As such, the lines are directed away from positively charged source charges and toward negatively charged source charges.

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What is the difference between a point charge and a test charge?

Test charge: Any charge whose magnitude is very small, in fact negligible, as compared to that of the point charge, and which does not affect the electric field of the point charge, whose magnitude is to be found out, is called test charge.

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Are test charges always positive?

7 Answers. You can use a negative charge to test an electric field. You just have to remember that the electric field points antiparallel (opposite) to the force on the charge, rather than parallel to it (in the same direction). There is no fundamental difference between positive and negative charges.

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Why do we use a positive test charge?

The whole point of this question is basically nothing, moving a positive charge is same as opposite movement of equal negative charge. We also, by convention, say that field lines originate at a positive charge and terminate at a negative charge. Thus, this convention stuck, and test charges are positive.

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Where do excess charges reside on a conductor?

All charge goes on outer surface! We know the field inside the conductor is zero, and the excess charges are all on the surface. The charges produce an electric field outside the conductor. On the surface of conductors in electrostatic equilibrium, the electric field is always perpendicular to the surface.

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Is an electron a point charge?

Point Charge -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics. A point charge is a hypothetical charge located at a single point in space. While an electron can for many purposes be considered a point charge, its size can be characterized by length scale known as the electron radius.

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What is the relationship between the charges and the field strength?

One feature of this electric field strength formula is that it illustrates an inverse square relationship between electric field strength and distance. The strength of an electric field as created by source charge Q is inversely related to square of the distance from the source. This is known as an inverse square law.

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What do you mean by unit positive charge?

By convention we refer to the electron has having a negative charge and a proton as having a positive charge. From the definition of electric field in electrostatic chapter,we get that the word unit positive charge means a charge amount of +1 coulomb(S.I unit) charge.

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What is the quantization of charge?

So negative charge means that there is an excess of electrons while positive charge is a deficiency of electrons. Quantization of charge means that when we say something has a given charge, we mean that that is how many times the charge of a single electron it has.

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What is the unit charge?

The SI derived unit of electric charge is the coulomb (C). In electrical engineering, it is also common to use the ampere-hour (Ah), and, in chemistry, it is common to use the elementary charge (e as a unit). The symbol Q often denotes charge. The SI unit is 6.24 x 10^18 electrons (one coulomb).

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What is a point charge in electric field?

Electric field is defined as the electric force per unit charge. The direction of the field is taken to be the direction of the force it would exert on a positive test charge. The electric field is radially outward from a positive charge and radially in toward a negative point charge.

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What is an electric charge?

Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. There are two types of electric charges; positive and negative (commonly carried by protons and electrons respectively). Like charges repel and unlike attract.

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What is meant by the law of conservation of charge?

A conservation law stating that the total electric charge of a closed system remains constant over time, regardless of other possible changes within the system.

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What is the meaning of charge in chemistry?

In the context of chemistry and physics, charge usually refers to electric charge, which is a conserved property of certain subatomic particles that determines their electromagnetic interaction. Charge is a physical property that causes matter to experience a force within an electromagnetic field.

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What is the definition of charge in physics?

In physics, charge, also known as electric charge, electrical charge, or electrostatic charge and symbolized q, is a characteristic of a unit of matter that expresses the extent to which it has more or fewer electrons than protons. In a massive sample, this can amount to a considerable quantity of elementary charges.

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What is the electric field in a conductor?

In electrostatics free charges in a good conductor reside only on the surface. So the free charge inside the conductor is zero. So the field in it is caused by charges on the surface. Since charges are of the same nature and distribution is UNIFORM, the electric fields cancel each other.

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Why can't electric field lines cross each other?

Electric field lines cannot cross. If they did, they would be telling you that the force on a charge at that location would point in two different directions, which does not make any sense at all. Equipotential lines at different potentials can never cross either.

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Why no two electric lines of force can intersect each other?

Lines of force represent the strength of the electric field at any given point. If the lines cross each other at a given location, then there must be two distinctly different values of electric field with their own individual direction at that given location. This could never be the case.

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Why is it impossible for magnetic field lines to cross?

If magnetic field lines intersect each other then the magnetic field (magnetic field lines) will have two different directions at that point. This is not possible. So they don't intersect.

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Is work required to move an electric charge along a line of equipotential?

a. The work along an electric field line depends on the magnitude of the charge and the potential difference through which the charge is moved. b. No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential line because no force is required, and there is no change in potential.

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Do magnetic field lines ever cross?

A: It's not really true that magnetic field lines cannot cross, but where they do, the magnetic field strength has to be zero. Here's why: A magnetic field line is that path in space that points in the direction of the magnetic field at every point along it. Magnetic field lines tend to follow closed loops, though.

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