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The Physics Classroom: Electric Force - Coulomb's Law

written by Tom Henderson
supported by the National Science Foundation

This is an interactive tutorial for introductory physics on the topic of Coulomb's Law. It explains the concepts underlying Coulomb's Law equation, provides example calculations, and allows students to self-test their understanding.

This page is part of The Physics Classroom tutorials for students of introductory physics. SEE RELATED ITEMS on this page for a link to a closely related tutorial on inverse square relationships by the same author.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/estatics/U8L3b.cfm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electrostatics = Coulomb's Law	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended Users:: Learner
Educator
Formats:: text/html
image/gif
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996 Tom Henderson
Keywords:: Coulomb, Coulomb's equation, charge, charge interaction, electric force, electrostatics, interactive tutorial, static electricity, tutorial
Record Cloner:: Cloned from ComPADRE Item 2013 February 1, 2010 by caroline hall
Record Updated:: February 1, 2010 by caroline hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 12, 2008

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