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- Homework Statement
- How do the charges in Coloumb's law relate to the charge in the equation for an electric field?
- Relevant Equations
- ##F_E = k \frac{q_1 q_2}{r^2}##
##E_E = \frac{F_E}{q}##
Hi.
How does the charge ##q## relate to the charges ##q_1, q_2## (see equations). For example, if ##q_1## is an electron and ##q_2## is a proton, is ##q## just a product or sum or something else of the two? Also, in Columb's law, how would I conceptualize charges ##q_1, q_2## in a system of a nucleus (of protons only) and a single electron? My textbook does not make this particularly clear in my opinion.
Thanks.
How does the charge ##q## relate to the charges ##q_1, q_2## (see equations). For example, if ##q_1## is an electron and ##q_2## is a proton, is ##q## just a product or sum or something else of the two? Also, in Columb's law, how would I conceptualize charges ##q_1, q_2## in a system of a nucleus (of protons only) and a single electron? My textbook does not make this particularly clear in my opinion.
Thanks.