1.9 ELECTRE Fustd Lines
We have studied electic tield iif the last section it is a vector gitatitity due to a point eliarge pletorially. Let the potht chisge be placed it the origin. Draw vectors potntimf atong the direction of the electrte fleld with their lengths proportional to the atrenuth of the lield at cachpotht since the magrattude of electrte fleld at a potint decreases inveraely as the squire of the distance of that point from the charge, the vector geta shorier as one goes Figure 1.16 shows sueh a pleture, In thes figere, enet arrow indicates the electrie fleld. I.e. the force acting on a unit positive charge. placed at the tall of that arrow. Connect the arrows polnting in one direction and the resulting figtire represents a fleld line. We thus get many fleld lines, all pointing outwards from the point eliarge, Have we lost the information about the stretigth or thagnitude of the fletd now, because if was contiincd in fleld is represented by the densily of fleld lines. 10 is strons near the charge, so the density of fleld lines is more near the fleld gets weaker and the density of fleld lines is less,
resulting in well separated lines.
Another person may draw more lines. But the number of lines is not important. In fact, an inflnite number of lines cam be drawn in any refien.

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Question Text	1.9 ELECTRE Fustd Lines We have studied electic tield iif the last section it is a vector gitatitity due to a point eliarge pletorially. Let the potht chisge be placed it the origin. Draw vectors potntimf atong the direction of the electrte fleld with their lengths proportional to the atrenuth of the lield at cachpotht since the magrattude of electrte fleld at a potint decreases inveraely as the squire of the distance of that point from the charge, the vector geta shorier as one goes Figure $1.16$ shows sueh a pleture, In thes figere, enet arrow indicates the electrie fleld. I.e. the force acting on a unit positive charge. placed at the tall of that arrow. Connect the arrows polnting in one direction and the resulting figtire represents a fleld line. We thus get many fleld lines, all pointing outwards from the point eliarge, Have we lost the information about the stretigth or thagnitude of the fletd now, because if was contiincd in fleld is represented by the densily of fleld lines. 10 is strons near the charge, so the density of fleld lines is more near the fleld gets weaker and the density of fleld lines is less, resulting in well separated lines. Another person may draw more lines. But the number of lines is not important. In fact, an inflnite number of lines cam be drawn in any refien.
Updated On	Oct 11, 2022
Topic	Electrostats
Subject	Physics
Class	Class 7
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