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published by the University of Calgary
designer: Jonathan Barrett, Michael Boonstra, Maija Graham, Graeme Irwin, Hans Laue, Jason Law, Michelle McGrath, Arend Meetsma, Ali Rezaei, Qasim Syed, Andrew Turner, and Jeremiah Van Oosten
written by David Austin and Brian Martin
Available Languages: English, French
This simulation can be used to trace the electric potential lines and the electrical field lines in a region where the electrical field is uniform. It also allows the user to visualize the motion, and energy of a charge placed in this region.

The user can change the electrical field, the charge, its mass, and its initial velocity. Details on how to use the applet are available under Applet Help on the top left corner of the simulation window.

This item is part of a larger collection of  simulation-based physics modules sponsored by the MAP project (Modular Approach to Physics).

Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electric Fields and Potential
= Electric Field
= Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Curriculum support
= Interactive Simulation
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- Educators
- Learners
- application/java
- text/html
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© 2002 University of Calgary
Keywords:
charged particle, electric field line, electric potential, electrical potential energy, energy conservation, kinetic energy, line of constant potential, potential energy, uniform electric field
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created March 4, 2011 by Kendall Hunnewell
Record Updated:
April 2, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:
September 5, 2002
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