Showing posts with label electric fields lines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electric fields lines. Show all posts

Saturday, 30 December 2017

Electric flux density, definition, explanation

Definition:

"Electric flux density is the electric flux passing through some unit area, and its direction is perpendicular to that unit area."

Explanation:

"Electric flux density", when we break down this sentence into "electric flux" and "density".
Then it is easy to understand that, the density of electric flux across some area. Consider there is a unit area shown below.


Electric flux is passing through this, in direction perpendicular to the unit area. The amount of electric flux passing through this unit area, in direction perpendicular to the unit area is called Electric flux density.


Formula:

When we write mathematically the electric flux density it is equal to the product of electric field E and permittivity of material.

                                                                           D=Ɛ.E
Unit:
The unit of electric flux density is coulombs per meter squared. 

Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Why like charges repel each other and unlike charges attract each other?

Why like charges repel each other?

"Like charges repel each other because, it depends upon where the two charges have their electric field forces directed."

As positive charge have electric field lines going away from it and when two positive charge particles come near to each other there electric field lines tries to bend each other and their lines of forces are opposite in direction with respect to each other so both particles tries to send away to each other and hence in this way they repels each other.
Below diagram explain all the things which is described above.

Why unlike charges attract each other?

Like charges attract each other because their electric field lines are in the same direction in respective to each other, as we know Negative charge have electric field lines towards it(or coming to each other), and positive charge have away from it or going away from it. so when both comes near to each other, while negative charge tries to attract positive charge and positive charge tries to move towards negative each other.
Below picture explain all the phenomena describe above.


Electric Fields lines and Forces

Electric Fields:-

"Electric Fields are the area or space or region around a body or particle which is charged, in which area it effects(attracts or repel) on other body or particle which is charged."

Explanation:-

Consider their is a charged particle A, it has Electric fields lines, because it is charged. When a unit positive charge(small charge) will come into its field lines then it will feel some force, which is the effect of Charged particle A. It will repel the unit charge (as positive and positive repel each other).
The unit positive charge will only feel this force when it will come into the region where there is Electric field lines of Particle A.
In above diagram unit charge 1 will feel force as it is in the field region of charged particle A, but 2 will not feel any force as it is out of field lines of charged particle A. 

Electric Forces:-

"The force which charged unit positive charge feel when it is in the electric field lines of charged particle (A)."

Explanation:-

As Charged particle have electric field region where it exerts some force on some other charged particle (when it comes in the electric field of that charge). There are two type of forces which is exert by the charged particle in its field region. Attractive force and Repulsive force. Positive charge exert repulsive force on other positive charged while it exert attractive force on negative charge. In general there is attractive forces in opposite charges and there is repulsive force in between like charges.  
In below pic A is positive charge and it is repelling other positive charge.

In below pic, A is positive charge which is attracting negative charge.