Electrostatics Cheat Sheet

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cheatsheet for electrostatics

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Basic notations

K of vacuum
9 x 109
E
electric field
q
charge
r
distance between 2 charges
a
radius of circle
V
electrical potential due to a point charge
U
electric potential energy

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Electric field due to point charge

E = Kq/r2

E due to a spherical shell of charge

When point is outside the shell
E = Kq/r2
When point is inside the shell
E = 0
When point is on the surface
E max = Kq/a2
here r is the distance between the centre of the circle and a point outside it

E due to a noncon­ducting charged sphere

When point is outside the shell
E = Kq/r2
When point is inside the shell
E = Kqr/a3
When point is on the surface
E max = Kq/a2
here r is the distance between the centre of the circle and a point outside it

Electrical potential due to point charge

V = Kq/r

V due to conducting charged sphere

When point is outside the shell
V = Kq/r
when point is inside the shell
V = Kq/a
when point is on the surface
V = Kq/a

U of a system of charges

1. 2 point charges -
U = Kq1q2/r12

2. 3 point charges -
U = K (q1q2/r12 + q2q3/r23 + q1q3/r13)
r12, r23, r13 are all distances between the corres­ponding charges

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Taneesha 07:01 5 Nov 2023

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