Coulomb's Law in 2D: Force is a Vector!

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written by Andrew Duffy

This Physlet based simulation provides the users with three charge configurations for charges on the corner of square acting on a charge in the middle of the square. The user is to determine the sign of the charges at the corners based on the net force acting on the middle charge.

Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb2D.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electrostatics = Coulomb's Law Mathematical Tools - Vector Algebra	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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- Educators - Learners	- application/java - text/html	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1998 Andrew Duffy
Keywords:: Coulomb's law, charges, electrostatics, equilibrium., forces, vectors
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created August 27, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:: August 27, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 9, 1998
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=7924">Duffy, Andrew. Coulomb's Law in 2D: Force is a Vector!. September 9, 1998.</a>

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A. Duffy, (1998), WWW Document, (http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb2D.html).

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A. Duffy, Coulomb's Law in 2D: Force is a Vector! (1998), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb2D.html>.

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Duffy, A. (1998, September 9). Coulomb's Law in 2D: Force is a Vector!. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb2D.html

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Duffy, Andrew. Coulomb's Law in 2D: Force is a Vector!. September 9, 1998. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb2D.html (accessed 2 May 2025).

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Duffy, Andrew. Coulomb's Law in 2D: Force is a Vector!. 1998. 9 Sep. 1998. 2 May 2025 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb2D.html>.

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