)Syncert said:
Coulomb's Law is a fundamental law in physics that describes the electrostatic interaction between two charged particles. It states that the force between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
The equation for Coulomb's Law is F = k(q1q2)/r^2, where F is the force, q1 and q2 are the charges of the particles, r is the distance between them, and k is the proportionality constant. To rearrange the equation, you can solve for any of the variables, depending on what information you have.
The proportionality constant, k, is a value that depends on the medium between the two charged particles and is used to calculate the force between them. It is also known as the Coulomb constant and has a value of 8.99 x 10^9 Nm^2/C^2 in a vacuum.
Yes, Coulomb's Law can be extended to calculate the force between any number of charged particles. The total force on a charged particle is the vector sum of all the individual forces acting on it due to the other particles.
Coulomb's Law and Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation are both inverse square laws that describe the force between two objects. However, Coulomb's Law deals with electrostatic forces between charged particles, while Newton's Law describes the gravitational force between any two objects with mass.