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written by Kyle Forinash
This web page contains a simulation on electric fields and electric potential in a system with multiple charges.  The user can drag the charges to see how the fields and potential lines change, and can double-click to create new equipotential lines.  This activity is designed to promote understanding of the relationship between equipotential lines and the direction of the electric field.

This page is part of a larger collection of Java applets with tutorial questions developed for introductory physics courses.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electric Fields and Potential
= Electric Field
= Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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- Learners
- application/java
- text/html
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Keywords:
electric field vectors, electric fields, electric potential, equipotential lines, simulation, vectors
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Metadata instance created July 10, 2008 by Christopher Allen
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August 18, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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K. Forinash, (2001), WWW Document, (https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroE.html).
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K. Forinash, Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation E - Electric Field and Potential Lines (2001), <https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroE.html>.
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Forinash, K. (2006, November 19). Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation E - Electric Field and Potential Lines. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroE.html
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Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation E - Electric Field and Potential Lines. November 19, 2006. https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroE.html (accessed 4 November 2024).
MLA Format
Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation E - Electric Field and Potential Lines. 2001. 19 Nov. 2006. 4 Nov. 2024 <https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroE.html>.
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@misc{ Author = "Kyle Forinash", Title = {Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation E - Electric Field and Potential Lines}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {4 November 2024}, Month = {November 19, 2006}, Year = {2001} }
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This is a link to the author's full index of applets on the topic of electrostatics.  Topics include electric fields and forces, field lines, and equipotential lines.

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