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This simulation allows users to move point charges in an electric field.  Tools allow them to display voltage, field lines, and equipotential lines surrounding a point charge.  Users may add, move, or delete charges and view the resulting changes.  

This item is part of a larger collection of materials developed and maintained by the Physics Education Technology project (PhET) based on principles of physics education research.

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Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electric Fields and Potential
= Electric Field
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- application/java
- text/html
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https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/ch…
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© 2008 University of Colorado, Physics Education Technology
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Keywords:
Coulomb's Law, charge, charge interaction, electric charges, electric field, electric potential, equipotential line
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created November 20, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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October 31, 2008
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AIP Format
(PhET, Boulder, 2008), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields).
AJP/PRST-PER
PhET Simulation: Charges and Fields (PhET, Boulder, 2008), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields>.
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Charges and Fields. (2008, October 31). Retrieved March 28, 2024, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields
Chicago Format
PhET. PhET Simulation: Charges and Fields. Boulder: PhET, October 31, 2008. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields (accessed 28 March 2024).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Charges and Fields. Boulder: PhET, 2008. 31 Oct. 2008. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields>.
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@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Charges and Fields}, Publisher = {PhET}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {28 March 2024}, Month = {October 31, 2008}, Year = {2008} }
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