Coulomb Force Open the simulation  https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/coulombs-law/latest/coulombs-law_en.html Select the Macro Scale option.  Check the box to show the Force values (on the right side). Select two charge values to analyze and record below, the exact values are not as important as we will be investigating the dependence of the Electric Force on the separation (r) between the charges. Move charge 1 (q1) so that its center is located at 0 cm. You can move the ruler to make sure the center is at zero. Move charge 2 (q2) so that its center is at the 2 cm mark. Record the magnitude of the force between the particles in the table below. Move q2 so its center is at the next separation listed. Repeat your measures of Force for the separations listed in the table below, making sure the center of the charge is at the appropriate location. q1 = ______________________                   q2 = _________________________ Separation, r (meters) Force (Newtons) 0.02   0.03   0.04   0.05   0.06   0.07   0.08   0.09   0.1     Using your favorite graphing tool (such as Excel or a graphing calculator), plot the Force versus separation. (include a copy or pic of the graph when you turn in your report) Fit a power law to your data (of the form) y = arb                                    (1)

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  1. Coulomb Force
  2. Open the simulation

 https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/coulombs-law/latest/coulombs-law_en.html

Select the Macro Scale option.  Check the box to show the Force values (on the right side).

  1. Select two charge values to analyze and record below, the exact values are not as important as we will be investigating the dependence of the Electric Force on the separation (r) between the charges.
  • Move charge 1 (q1) so that its center is located at 0 cm. You can move the ruler to make sure the center is at zero. Move charge 2 (q2) so that its center is at the 2 cm mark.
  1. Record the magnitude of the force between the particles in the table below.
  • Move q2 so its center is at the next separation listed. Repeat your measures of Force for the separations listed in the table below, making sure the center of the charge is at the appropriate location.

q1 = ______________________                   q2 = _________________________

Separation, r (meters)

Force (Newtons)

0.02

 

0.03

 

0.04

 

0.05

 

0.06

 

0.07

 

0.08

 

0.09

 

0.1

 

 

  1. Using your favorite graphing tool (such as Excel or a graphing calculator), plot the Force versus separation. (include a copy or pic of the graph when you turn in your report)
  2. Fit a power law to your data (of the form)

y = arb                                    (1)

where a is the power-law coefficient, r is the separation, and b is the power.  Based on your fit, what are a and b?

            a = _________________

            b =__________________

  1. Comparing Coulomb’s Force Law and equation 1 above, what should a and b equal? Determine these by plugging in the value of k, the value of the charges you used, and inspection of the Coulomb Law.

              a = _____________________________,                   b =  ____________________________________

  1. Are a and b what you expected?
  2. Next, we will investigate the dependence of the force on the value of the charges.
  3. Choose values for q1, q2, and the separation distance and make note of the magnitude of the force. Now increase the magnitude of q2. How does this affect the magnitude of the force?  Does it get larger or smaller? 
  4. Choose values for q1, q2, and the separation distance. Select charge values so that the charges are of opposite sign.  Notice the direction of the force between the charges. 

 

  1. Now, keeping the separation and magnitude of the charges the same, make the two charges the same sign (ie both positive or both negative). How does the magnitude of the force compare to the above?  What is the direction of the force now?

 

  1. Does this agree with the results you obtained when you did the Electrostatics lab?

 

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Let q1 and q2 denote the two charges, r1, r2, and r3 denote the distances between the charges, and F1, F2, and F3 denote the forces between the charges. Therefore, the force for the first separation can be determined as,

 

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