Electric Field Analysis

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Fundamentals of Electric Field

ABSTRACT Leaving aside nuclear interactions, there are two non-contact forces that act at a distance, namely, gravitational and electric forces. Gravitational force is dominant at large distances whereas electric forces are dominant at shorter distances. The root cause of electric forces is electric charge. The effect of electric charge is spread over the entire space around it, but it falls rapidly with distance. The presence of an electric field is detected by observing the force on a charged body located within the field region. Electric field intensity is obtained by dividing the electric force by the magnitude of the test charge. To have an electric field parameter, which is independent of the charge of ...