Determinine Electric Field Relationships



Title Determinine Electric Field Relationships
Description Students set up a variety of charge distributions and measure the electric field strength at different distances from the distribution. They will experimentally determine the 1/r^2 relationship for a point charge, 1/r for an "infinite" line of charges, and 1/r^3 relationship for a dipole.
Subject Physics
Level High School, Undergrad - Intro
Type Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords dipole, electric charges, electric fields
Simulation(s) Charges and Fields

Author(s) Bruce Palmquist
Contact Email palmquis@cwu.edu
School / Organization Central Washington University
Date submitted 6/17/10
Date updated 4/18/11