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Electrostatics
Effects in Everyday Life
Electric & magnetic effects in every day life
Electric phenomena may produce magnetic effects
and magnetic phenomena may produce electric
effects
Electromagnetism
Study of the effects of electric charges at rest or
in motion (Electromagnetic effects )
Electromagnetic effects can be explained by
MWE
Electromagnetic interaction
Only between those bodies or particles which
have a property called charge
Types of interactions (strong, weak, tensile,
adhesive)
Definition of charge
Brief History of Electromagnetic effects
Brief History
Brief History
900 BC – Greek shepherd ‘Magnus’ (a story about
Asia Minor-the region was called as Magnesia)
The word magnet has come from Greek word
magnitis lithos meaning magnesian stone- later on
called as loadstone - Loadstone effect
600 BC – Greek philosopher Thales (Discovered
another material called amber (from Greek word
elektron) which when rubbed with wool will attract
cat fur) – Amber effect
370 BC – Plato (both amber effect and loadstone
effect are related with each other and of the same
type)
120 AD – Plutarc (Load stone emits exhaltations
which pushes air)
1100 AD – Chinese (magnetic needle pointing northsouth)
1550 AD – Carden (amber and load stone do not
attract in the same way)
1600 AD – Gilbert (Introduced science of magnetism
by experimentation) Introduction of other substances
that would attract when rubbed e.g., glass, sulphur,
wax crystals etc)
1752 AD – Benjamin Franklin (Kite flying in thunder
storm)
1780 AD – Galvani (idea of moving charges)
1784 AD – Coulomb (measured the electric force)
1792 AD– Volta introduced battery (copper & zinc
separated by material soaked in Brine solutioninvented battery)
19th Century – Biot, Savart, Ampere, Oersted,
Faraday (relationship between electricity &
magnetism)
1864 AD – Maxwell’s contribution & later Hertz
experimental evidence
Charges residing on objects explain electrostatic
effects and dynamics of charges explain magnetic
effects
Engineering Applications – Laser printer,
photocopying, Electrostatic paint spraying
Charge-the basic entity of
Electromagnetism
Properties of charge
Charge is quantized
Charge is conserved
Existence of two types of charges
Plastic rod rubbed with wool----- -ve charge
Glass rod rubbed with silk -------- +ve charge
COULOMB’S LAW
Electrostatic force
Qualitative analysis – Shifting of electrons is
responsible for electrostatics force
The net charge of a body is represented by ‘q’
Scalar quantity
Units
1 C= ------- electrons
Quantitative analysis (measurement of
electrostatic force)
In order to determine the nature of electrostatic
force, the magnitude and direction of electrostatic
force is required to be measured
Experimental arrangements – Torsion balance
Outcomes of the experiment
Mathematical expression of Coulomb force
between two point charges
Constant ‘K’
Properties of Coulomb force
Principle of linear superposition
Significance of Coulomb’s law
Vector form of Coulomb’s Law
Example
All Examples of Chapter 25 (H-R-K)
Problems (25.1 – 25.13)
APPLICATIONS
Coulomb force by continuous
charge distribution
In
many applications electric forces are
exerted by charged objects in the form of rods,
plates or solids
Then how the Coulomb’s law can be applied?
Procedure to determine Coulomb force
Imagine the division of charge distribution into large
number of small charge elements
Consider any one of the charge element
Express the charge element in terms of charge
density & size of charge element
Treating charge element as point charge and
determine the force element
Determination of direction of force element
Calculation of total force
Applications
Line of charge
Ring of charge
Disc of charge