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Can someone tell me the variables in coulomb's law?
much appreciated
much appreciated
SrEstroncio said:The variables in coulomb's law are the charges of the charged bodies (q1 and q2), the distance between them R, and the permissibility Eo of the medium in which the system is.
Born2bwire said:I believe you mean permittivity, but this is only in specific measurement systems, like SI. In general, we just have an abstract constant k. The constant k serves as a means of converting the law for whatever system of measurement we use. For example, in MKS, k is 1/(4\pi \epsilon_0) where \epsilon_0 is the permittivity of free space (assuming vacuum background medium). In Gaussian CGS units, k is simply 1.
i think you are confused in permitivty of the mediun.kyzill said:Can someone tell me the variables in coulomb's law?
much appreciated
Coulomb's Law is a fundamental law of electrostatics that describes the relationship between electric charges and the resulting force between them.
The variables in Coulomb's Law include the magnitude of the electric charges (q1 and q2), the distance between the charges (r), and the permittivity of the medium between the charges (ε).
According to Coulomb's Law, the force between two charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. This means that as the distance between the charges increases, the force decreases and vice versa.
The permittivity of a medium is a measure of how easily it can be polarized by an electric field. It is represented by the symbol ε and is measured in units of farads per meter (F/m).
Coulomb's Law is used in various fields such as electromagnetism, electronics, and telecommunications to understand and analyze the behavior of electric charges and their interactions. It is also used in designing electrical circuits and devices.