Coulomb's Law

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Coulomb's Law: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Coulomb's Law, Coulomb's Law in Vector Form, Permittivity of Vacuum, Permittivity of a Medium and, Electrostatic Force between Two Charges in Vacuum

Important Questions on Coulomb's Law

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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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3×10-19 C and -10-6 C are placed at 0,0,0 and 1,1,1 respectively. The force on the second is of the form

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Two point charges +4μC and +2μC repel each other with a force of 8 N. If a charge -4 μC is added to each of these charges, the force would be:

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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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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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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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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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The electrostatic force acting on a charge q lying at a distance of 2 cm on axial position from centre of a dipole is 64 N, now if this distance is made double, then find the new value of force. Assume that separation between two charge of the dipole is less than 4 cm

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The ratio of q and Q so as to make the system in equilibrium is :

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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

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A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q . The system of the three charges will be in equilibrium if q is equal to

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Below the fixed end of the insulating horizontal thread, at a distance equal to the length l=10 cm of the thread, there is a fixed charge which has the same charge as the charge Q=1 μC of the small body of mass m at the end of the thread as shown in the figure.
The body is released. When it is at the lowest position the angle between the thread and the horizontal is 30°. The mass of the moving body is closest to:

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In the figure shown, A is a fixed charge and B (of mass m) is given a velocity v perpendicular to line AB. At this moment, the radius of curvature of the resultant path of B is

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The force between two small charged spheres having charges of 1×10-7 C and 2×10-7 C placed 20 cm apart in air is _____.

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Two point charges A and B, having charges +Q and -Q respectively, are placed at certain distance apart and force acting between them is F. If  25% charge of A is transferred to B, then the force between the charges becomes