Understanding Coulomb's Law

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Coulomb's Law

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Force between two charges

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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

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French physicist, 1736-1806

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Electrostatic Force

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Force between charged objects

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Inverse Square Law

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Force ∝ 1/distance²

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Unit of Charge

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Coulomb (C)

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k in Coulomb's Law

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8.99 x 10⁹ Nm²/C²

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Like Charges

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Repel each other

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Unlike Charges

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Attract each other

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Electric Field

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Region around a charged object

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Coulomb's Constant

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k, 8.99 x 10⁹ Nm²/C²