savory said:
Electrostatics is the branch of physics that deals with the study of electric charges at rest and the forces between them.
Coulomb's law states that the force between two electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
An electric field is a region in space where an electric charge experiences a force. It is created by other electric charges and can be thought of as the influence of these charges on the surrounding space.
Electrostatic force is the force between electric charges, while gravitational force is the force between masses. Electrostatic force is much stronger than gravitational force, but it can be either attractive or repulsive, while gravitational force is always attractive.
Electrostatics has many practical applications, including in generators and electric motors, in air purifiers and electrostatic precipitators, and in photocopiers and laser printers. It is also used in industrial processes such as painting and electroplating.