1.
2.
2.
Objective
Apply the concepts of the dichotomy,
Electric Charge
Electric Charge
scalar; no direction
SI unit of electric charge: Coulomb (C)
Electrostatics: study of
Dichotomy
2.
Conservation
3.
Quantization
Dichotomy
Electric charge is either positive or negative
Like charges repel; opposite charges attract
system is constant.
In charging, charge is neither created nor destroyed; it is
e = 1.602 x 10-19 C
Q1 = +3Q Q2 = -Q
Q1 = +3Q Q2 = -Q
system is constant.
In charging, charge is neither created nor destroyed; it is
Q1 = +3Q Q2 = -Q
Q1 = +3Q Q2 = -Q
Objective
Apply the concepts of the dichotomy, quantization and
conservation of electric charge
Given the initial/final charge distribution, calculate the
final/initial charge distribution using conservation
principles
Predict charge distributions, and the resulting attraction
Conductors, Insulators
& Induced Charges
Semiconductors
Superconductors
Conductors
Conductors
Objects that permit easy movement of electrons through
them
In most metals, mobile charges are always negative
grounding
Conductors
Most metals are good conductors
Insulators
Objects that DO NOT permit easy movement of electrons
through them
Examples include most nonmetals, ceramic, wood,
plastic, rubber, air
slightly: polarization
Semiconductors
Objects with properties between conductors and
insulators
Superconductors
Objects with zero resistance against the movement of
electrons
Examples include some compounds at very low
temperatures
insulators and
surrounding air is dry,
objects acquire equal
and opposite charges.
Object that loses
electrons becomes
positively charged
Object that that gains
electrons become
negatively charged
polarization
electron,
proton,neutron
Proton and neutron are
made up of quarks
-current state of
classification of all
elementary particles
Objectives
Apply the concepts of the dichotomy, quantization and
conservation of electric charge
Demo time!
Summary
Electric charge: fundamental quantity in electrostatics
Electric interactions are chiefly responsible for the
structure of atoms, molecules and solids.
Conductors are materials that permit electric charge to
move easily within them
Insulators permit charge to move much less readily.
UVLe:
Physics 72 Caeso (1s AY 16-17)
Enrolment key per recit section:
R1: gauss
R1-1: ampere
R1-2: faraday
R1-3: maxwell
Assignment 1/2:
Index Card (3x5)
2
Due
Tuesday, August 16
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