State and explain Coulomb’s law. What are its limitations?
State and explain Coulomb’s law. What are its limitations?
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According to Shiksha's electric charges and fields class 12 notes, Coulomb's law states that if there are two stationary point charges, the electrostatic force between them is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them and directly proportional to the product of the charges.
Mathematically,
F = (1 / 4? ) * (q? / r²)
Here r is the distance between the charges, q? and q? are charges and? is the permittivity of free space. Coulomb's law assumes charges are at rest and it is valid for point charges in vacuum or air. When the medium is not a vacuum and the charges are moving, the limitations include inaccuracy. This la...more
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