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Old Nov22-09, 09:23 PM                  #1
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Coulomb's Law

Is there a 'proof' for this law? or is it experimentally derived..Thanks for reading
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Old Nov22-09, 09:36 PM                  #2
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Re: Coulomb's Law

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Old Nov22-09, 10:49 PM                  #3
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Re: Coulomb's Law

Since its a law its based in experimental observations. It can be derived from Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic potentials and stuff if you want to consider those to be more "fundamental"...however historically those ideas are a result of the experimental observations like Coulomb's law.
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