Coulomb’s Law : Force between Two Point Charges

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Coulomb’s Law : Force between Two Point Charges: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Electrostatic Force between Two Charges in Vacuum, Coulomb's Law, Coulomb's Law in Vector Form, Permittivity of Vacuum, Permittivity of a Medium & Properties of Electrostatic Force etc.

Important Questions on Coulomb’s Law : Force between Two Point Charges

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The positive permittivity of the dielectric means is represented as-

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Two protons move parallel to each other, keeping distance r between them, both moving with same velocity V . Then the ratio of the electric and magnetic force of interaction between them is

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Two fixed point charges   +4eand+e  units are separated by a distance ‘a’. Where should the third point charge be placed for it to be in equilibrium?

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How does the coulomb force between two point charges depend upon the dielectric constant of the intervening medium?

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Two conducting spheres of radii 3 cm and 1 cm are separated by a distance of 10 cm in free space. If the spheres are charged to same potential of 10 V each, the force of  repulsion between them is

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The centres of two identical small conducting spheres are 1 m apart. They carry charges of opposite kind and attract each other with a force F. When they are connected by a conducting thin wire they repel each other with a force F3. What is the ratio of the magnitude of charges carried by the spheres initially?

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A charge Q is placed at each of the two opposite corners of a square. A charge q is placed at each of the other two corners. If the resultant force on Q is zero, then

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Electric charges of 1 μC,-1 μC and 2 μC are placed in air at the corners A,B and C respectively of an equilateral triangle ABC having length of each side 10 cm. The resultant force on the charge at C is

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A charged ball B hangs from a silk thread S, which makes an angle θ with a large charged conducting sheet P, as shown in the figure. The surface charge density σ of the sheet is proportional to

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The law, governing the force between electric charges is known as

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A bob of mass m  is tied with a thread and is made to move in a circular path on a horizontal frictionless table about point O as shown in the figure. A hypothetical electric field exists in the radial direction along the surface of the table. In this condition, the bob is uncharged and the tension in the thread is T. If now the bob is given some charge, then

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Two equally charged small metal balls placed at a fixed distance experience a force F. A similar uncharged metal ball after touching one of them is placed at the middle point between the two balls. The force experienced by this ball is

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Two identical conducting spheres with negligible volume have 2.1 nC and -0.1 nC charges, respectively. They are brought into contact and then separated by a distance of 0.5 m. The electrostatic force acting between the spheres is ×10-9 N. [Given : 4πε0=19×109 SI unit ]

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Two small spheres each of mass 10 mg are suspended from a point by threads 0.5 m long. They are equally charged and repel each other to a distance of 0.20 m. Then charge on each of the sphere is a21×10-8 C. The value of 'a' will be __________ .

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A charge +q is situated at a distance 'd' away from both the sides of a grounded conducting 'L' shaped sheet as shown in the figure.

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The force acting on the charge +q is

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The force of attraction between two charges 8 μC and -4 μC is 0.2 N. Find the distance of separation (in metre):

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A charge Q1 exerts force on a second charge Q2. If a third charge Q3 is brought near, the force of Q1 exerted on Q2

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 As per Coulomb's law, the force of attraction or repulsion between two point charges is directly proportional to the

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Two point charges are kept in air with a separation between them. The force between them is F1, if half of the space between the charges is filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant 4 and the force between them is F2, if 13rd of the space between the charges is filled with dielectric of dielectric constant 9. Then F1 F2 is

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When distance between two-point charges is increased by 10%, the force of interaction