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What is electrostatics?
What is electrostatics?
Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies electric charges at rest (static electricity).
What is the source of the word 'electricity'?
What is the source of the word 'electricity'?
The Greek word for amber, ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron), was the source of the word 'electricity'.
What is Coulomb's law?
What is Coulomb's law?
Coulomb's law describes the forces that electric charges exert on each other.
There are electrostatically induced forces that seem to be rather weak, but some electrostatic forces are relatively ______.
There are electrostatically induced forces that seem to be rather weak, but some electrostatic forces are relatively ______.
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The force between an electron and a proton is about 36 orders of magnitude stronger than the ______ force acting between them.
The force between an electron and a proton is about 36 orders of magnitude stronger than the ______ force acting between them.
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Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies electric charges at ______.
Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies electric charges at ______.
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