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Hi, I'm trying to get my head around electric field propagation in an electric
circuit. If you have a battery with no circuit I imagine the electric field
between the terminals would look like the magnetic field lines between the
two poles of a magnet. What I can't visualize is what the field lines look
like when you add an open circuit and slowly close it. What does the field
look like when it is nearly closed and when it is fully closed ? Does it only
propagate when the circuit is fully closed ?
circuit. If you have a battery with no circuit I imagine the electric field
between the terminals would look like the magnetic field lines between the
two poles of a magnet. What I can't visualize is what the field lines look
like when you add an open circuit and slowly close it. What does the field
look like when it is nearly closed and when it is fully closed ? Does it only
propagate when the circuit is fully closed ?