Electric Force and Coulomb's Law Quiz

Coulomb's Law

• Coulomb's law states that the electrostatic force between two point charges is proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
• Coulomb discovered that the repulsive force between bodies with like electrical charges is proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
• In Coulomb's law, 'ke' represents the Coulomb constant, which is a constant of proportionality.
• The formula for the electrostatic force between two point charges according to Coulomb's law is F = (ke * q1 * q2) / r^2, where F is the electrostatic force, q1 and q2 are the magnitudes of the two point charges, and r is the distance between them.
• Coulomb's law is significant in the development of the theory of electromagnetism because it provides a fundamental understanding of the electrostatic force between charged objects and has been widely used to describe the behavior of electrically charged particles.
• Charles-Augustin de Coulomb first published Coulomb's law in 1785.

Test your knowledge of Coulomb's law and electric force with this quiz. Answer questions about the relationship between electrically charged particles and the force they exert on each other, and see how well you understand this fundamental principle in physics.