This Physlet based simulation provides the users with two and three charge configurations. The user is to determine the force acting on one of the charges for each of the configurations.
Please note that this resource requires
Java Applet Plug-in.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7930">Duffy, Andrew. Coulomb's Law in 1D: An Example in One Dimension. September 9, 1998.</a>
Duffy, A. (1998, September 9). Coulomb's Law in 1D: An Example in One Dimension. Retrieved January 15, 2026, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb1D.html
Duffy, Andrew. Coulomb's Law in 1D: An Example in One Dimension. September 9, 1998. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb1D.html (accessed 15 January 2026).
Duffy, Andrew. Coulomb's Law in 1D: An Example in One Dimension. 1998. 9 Sep. 1998. 15 Jan. 2026 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c01_coulomb1D.html>.
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Author = "Andrew Duffy",
Title = {Coulomb's Law in 1D: An Example in One Dimension},
Volume = {2026},
Number = {15 January 2026},
Month = {September 9, 1998},
Year = {1998}
}
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