Wednesday, August 7, 2019

electrostatics - Is the electric force a vector or a vector field?



The electric force (Coulomb's law) on a point charge Q2 due to Q2: F12=Q1Q24πϵ0r2r1|r2r1|3


The seperation vector between the charges is r12=r2r1=(x2x1)ˆi+(y2y1)ˆj=(z2z1)ˆk.


Does this mean that the force is a vector field or just a vector?


Is the force a function of r12, so F12=F12(r12)?




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