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Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package
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Anne Cox, Wolfgang Christian, and Francisco Esquembre
The EJS Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package is a collection of models for electrostatics. Users can move charges around and see the force, observe the electric field generated by charge configurations, and observe the motion of test particles in electric fields. Also included are student worksheets in pdf format to supplement each simulation. Users can inspect and modify any simulation in the package by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.
The Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_electric_sampler.jar file will launch the package if Java is installed. Navigate within the package and click on a green triangle to run a particular simulation. Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models. Additional Ejs models are available. They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs. Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).
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Author: Wolfgang Unfortunately, web browsers no longer support Java Applets so the ready to run applet pages pages will no longer work. You can, however, complete the exercises if you run the Java programs if you have Java installed on your computer. Download the jar file and double click on that file to run the Java program.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=9683">Cox, A, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre. "Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package." Version 1.0.</a>
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A. Cox, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre, Computer Program COULOMB'S LAW AND ELECTRIC FIELD PACKAGE, Version 1.0 (2009), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9683&DocID=1425).
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A. Cox, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre, Computer Program COULOMB'S LAW AND ELECTRIC FIELD PACKAGE, Version 1.0 (2009), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9683&DocID=1425>.
APA Format
Cox, A., Christian, W., & Esquembre, F. (2009). Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9683&DocID=1425
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Cox, A, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre. "Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9683&DocID=1425 (accessed 1 May 2025).
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Cox, Anne, Wolfgang Christian, and Francisco Esquembre. Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2009. Java (JRE) 1.5, Java Archive file.1 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9683&DocID=1425>.
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Author = "Anne Cox and Wolfgang Christian and Francisco Esquembre",
Title = {Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package},
Month = {December},
Year = {2009}
}
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Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool
The Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool is needed to explore the computational model used in the Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package. relation by Anne Cox
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https://www.compadre.org/osp/search/categories.cfm?t=ModSearch
A database of Easy Java Simulations categorized by subject. It is part of the OSP (Open Source Physics) Project. relation by Caroline Hall
Covers the Same Topic As
Electric Field: What is Wrong? Package
Electric Field: What is Wrong? package shows incorrect versions of similar simulations. Students need to identify the error. relation by Anne Cox
Is the Basis For
Coulomb Force Model by Anne Cox
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