By convention, the electric field direction is the direction that a positive charge will move when placed in the field.Suy said:I don't know how to get the direction, is it south? please explain it...ty
And for question like this, what assumption would you make?, because i don't know the source charge is negative or positive
What is the expression for the force,Suy said:The answer for this question would be north?
ty
I am trying to get you to solve this. You can do it. If the electric field direction is south, which is the direction of the force on a positive charge placed in that field, then what is the direction of the force on a negative charge placed in that field?Suy said:I know how to get the force, but i am not sure how to get the direction,
if the electric field direction is the direction that a positive charge will move,
electric field due south, the source charge would negative and the placed charge is negative , repel, it would north?
Please confirm if i am right ty...
btw, when an electron moving at constant velocity, from negative to positive plate(parallel), What is the voltage?
because F=Fe F=ma Fe=Eq
a=om/s2 Fe=0 0=Eq E=0N/C E=V/d V=0V
am i right?
Andrew Mason said:I am trying to get you to solve this. You can do it. If the electric field direction is south, which is the direction of the force on a positive charge placed in that field, then what is the direction of the force on a negative charge placed in that field?
If an electron moves at constant velocity, is there a net force acting on it? From that answer, what can you say about the electric field? Since E = V/d what can you say about V?
AM
Your answer is right but you are struggling with the explanation. It is very simple. The force vector is given by:Suy said:But i understand what you mean, it would go north and repel,because if the positive charge placed in that field, and due south(toward the source charge), the source charge will be negative because of attraction,but for the question the negative was placed there, so it would repel and to the north,
but are you trying to tell me actually the direction of negative charge is south? If it is , please tell me what am i wrong?
Correct.constant velocity ,acceleration is 0, no force is acting on it, there will be no electric field
V=0
The electric field direction is the direction in which a positive test charge would move if placed in an electric field. It is represented by lines called electric field lines that show the direction of the force acting on a positive test charge at different points in the field.
The direction of an electric field is determined by the direction of the electric force acting on a positive test charge. The electric force is always in the direction of the field lines, which radiate outward from positive charges and inward toward negative charges.
Yes, the direction of an electric field can change depending on the distribution of charges in the surrounding space. If there are multiple charges present, the electric field direction will be the vector sum of the individual electric fields due to each charge.
The direction of the electric field determines the direction of the electric force acting on a charged particle. If the electric field and electric force are in the same direction, the particle will accelerate in the direction of the field. If they are in opposite directions, the particle will decelerate or change direction.
No, the direction of an electric field is always positive. However, the strength of the electric field can be negative if the field is pointing in the opposite direction of the force acting on a positive test charge. This occurs when the field is created by a negative charge.