This item is a simulation on the electrostatic force between two opposite charges. The user can move the charges to see how the force between them changes in magnitude and direction. Students must determine the sign and magnitude of the charges.
This page is part of a collection of Java applets with tutorial questions designed for undergraduate physics students. See Related items on this page for additional simulations on electrostatics, plus the author's full collection of introductory physics applets.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7578">Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation A - Like and Unlike Charges. November 29, 2006.</a>
K. Forinash, Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation A - Like and Unlike Charges (2001), <https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroA.html>.
Forinash, K. (2006, November 29). Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation A - Like and Unlike Charges. Retrieved December 13, 2024, from https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroA.html
Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation A - Like and Unlike Charges. November 29, 2006. https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroA.html (accessed 13 December 2024).
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Author = "Kyle Forinash",
Title = {Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation A - Like and Unlike Charges},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {13 December 2024},
Month = {November 29, 2006},
Year = {2001}
}
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This is a link to all the author's simulations on the topic of electrostatics. Included topics are electric fields and forces, field lines, and equipotential lines.
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