Electrostatic Laws

How much Voltage do homes and offices run?

110 V

What Voltage do x-ray units operate?

220 V or higher

What is an example of electric charge concentration?

A cattle prod

Electrostatic force is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

Coulomb's Law

When electric charges are concentrated along the sharpest curvature of the surface, this is called?

Electric charge concentration

When an object becomes electrified, the electric charges are distributed throughout the object, this is called?

Electric charge distribution

What is another name for electric potential?

Electromotive force (EMF) or voltage

What is the formula for Coulomb's Law?

Force= k (QA QB) d^2

The higher the voltage, the ________ the potential to do work?

Higher

Describe the ways in which electric charges interact with each other and with neutral objects

The four electrostatic laws

Unlike charges_________? Like charges_________?

Unlike charges attract Like charges repel

What is the unit of electric potential?

Volt