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    1) This document provides an introduction to applied physics, specifically covering topics in electrostatics including charge, Coulomb's law, and the electric field. 2) Coulomb's law quantitatively describes the interaction between charges, with the force being directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. 3) The electric field is defined as the force per unit charge and can be represented by continuous field lines originating on positive charges and terminating on negative charges, with higher density of lines indicating a stronger field.

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    1) This document provides an introduction to applied physics, specifically covering topics in electrostatics including charge, Coulomb's law, and the electric field. 2) Coulomb's law quantitatively describes the interaction between charges, with the force being directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. 3) The electric field is defined as the force per unit charge and can be represented by continuous field lines originating on positive charges and terminating on negative charges, with higher density of lines indicating a stronger field.

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    1) This document provides an introduction to applied physics, specifically covering topics in electrostatics including charge, Coulomb's law, and the electric field. 2) Coulomb's law quantitatively describes the interaction between charges, with the force being directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. 3) The electric field is defined as the force per unit charge and can be represented by continuous field lines originating on positive charges and terminating on negative charges, with higher density of lines indicating a stronger field.

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    1) This document provides an introduction to applied physics, specifically covering topics in electrostatics including charge, Coulomb's law, and the electric field. 2) Coulomb's law quantitatively describes the interaction between charges, with the force being directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. 3) The electric field is defined as the force per unit charge and can be represented by continuous field lines originating on positive charges and terminating on negative charges, with higher density of lines indicating a stronger field.

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    APPLIED PHYSICS

    By: Engr. Syed Wamiq Ali Jafri


    Lecture 1
    Marks Distribution
    Total = 100
    Final = 40
    Midterm = 20
    Assignment = 10
    Quiz = 10
    Class Participation = 5
    Project = 15
    Recommended Text Books
    • Fundamentals of Physics (Extended), 10th edition, Resnick and
    Walker
    • Narciso Garcia, Arthur Damask, Steven Schwarz., “Physics for
    Computer Science Students”, Springer Verlag, 1998

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    ELECTROSTATICS

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    Electrostatics
    Electro Statics

    Charge Rest

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    Types of Charges

    Positive Negative

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    Charges

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    COULOMB’S LAW

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    Coulomb’s Law
    We shall consider the special case of the electrostatics in which all the
    source charges are stationary.
    The principle of superposition states that the interaction between any
    two charges is completely unaffected by the presence of others.
    Coulomb’s law, like Newton’s law of gravitation, involves the concept of
    action at a distance.
    It simply states how the particles interact but provides no explanation
    of the mechanism by which the force is transmitted from one point to
    the other. Even Newton himself is not comfortable with this aspect of
    his theory.
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    COULOMB’S LAW
    • Coulomb’s law quantitatively describe the interaction of charges.
    • Coulomb determined the force law for electrostatic charges directly
    by experiment.
    • Experiments due to Coulomb and his contemporaries showed that
    the electrical force exerted by one charged body on another depends
    directly on the product of the magnitudes of the two charges and
    inversely on the square of their separation.

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    COULOMB’S LAW

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    COULOMB’S LAW: Vector Form
    • So far we have considered only the magnitude of the force between
    two charges determined according to Coulomb’s law. Force, being a
    • vector, has directional properties as well. In the case of Coulomb’s law,
    • the direction of the force is determined by the relative sign of the two
    electric charges.

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    LINE OF FORCES

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    LINE OF FORCES
    • The concept of the electric field vector was not appreciated by Michael
    Faraday, who always thought in terms of lines of force. Although we no
    longer attach the same kind of reality to these lines that Faraday did, they
    still provide a convenient and instructive way to visualize the electric
    field, and we shall use them for this purpose.

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    SEVERAL FEATURES
    • The lines of force give the direction of the electric field at any point.
    • The lines of force originate on positive charges and terminate on
    negative charges.
    • The lines of force are drawn so that the number of lines per unit cross-
    sectional area (perpendicular to the lines) is proportional to the
    magnitude of the electric field.

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    THE ELECTRIC FIELD
    • The electric charge creates an electric field in the space around it. A
    second charged particle does not interact directly with the first; rather, it
    responds to whatever field it encounters. In this sense, the field acts as
    an intermediary between the particles.
    • The electric field strength is defined as the force per unit charge placed
    at that point.
    • E=F/q

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    THE ELECTRIC FIELD
    • The field strength at any point could be represented by an arrow drawn
    to scale. However, when several charges are present, the use of arrows of
    varying length and orientations becomes confusing. Instead we represent
    the electric field by continuous field lines or lines of force.

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    THE ELECTRIC FIELD OF POINT CHARGES
    Let a positive test charge qo be placed a distance r from a point charge
    q. The magnitude of the force acting on is given by Coulomb’s law.

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