Boston University Physics Applets: Field-Line Patterns

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published by the Boston University
written by Andrew Duffy

This item is a Java applet illustrating the pattern of magnetic lines formed between two charges of various polarity and magnitude. Students make conclusions about the sign and magnitude of the charges by viewing the field line patterns. This item is part of a larger collection of physics classroom questions and simulations.

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c02_visualize.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electric Fields and Potential = Electric Field	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation = Problem/Problem Set - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2000 Boston University
Keywords:: Electrical field lines, field lines, negative charges, positive charges
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created August 25, 2007 by swapna gurumani
Record Updated:: October 16, 2008 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 23, 2007
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=5751">Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Field-Line Patterns. Boston: Boston University, October 23, 2007.</a>

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A. Duffy, (Boston University, Boston, 2000), WWW Document, (http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c02_visualize.html).

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A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Applets: Field-Line Patterns (Boston University, Boston, 2000), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c02_visualize.html>.

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Duffy, A. (2007, October 23). Boston University Physics Applets: Field-Line Patterns. Retrieved June 8, 2025, from Boston University: http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c02_visualize.html

Chicago Format

Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Field-Line Patterns. Boston: Boston University, October 23, 2007. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c02_visualize.html (accessed 8 June 2025).

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Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Field-Line Patterns. Boston: Boston University, 2000. 23 Oct. 2007. 8 June 2025 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c02_visualize.html>.

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@misc{ Author = "Andrew Duffy", Title = {Boston University Physics Applets: Field-Line Patterns}, Publisher = {Boston University}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {8 June 2025}, Month = {October 23, 2007}, Year = {2000} }

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