ANALYSIS

1. Why is the voltage reading along an equipotential line zero? Voltage is the electric potential difference between two points, or the difference in electric potential energy of a unit test charge transported between two points. There is no potential difference since the points are on a line of equipotential.______________________ 2. At what point is the voltage reading greatest? What is the significance of this? The data gathered in part A shows that the farther the coordinate is from the fixed point the higher is its voltage. This is both true to the different points given, in the positive and the negative coordinates as shown in the table. However, the data in part B shows that distance is inversely proportional to the voltage.__________________________________________ 3. Describe the electric field inside the guard ring. The electrical field inside the guard ring will travel in the same direction of the magnetic field of the guard ring since it is in a circular shape. Consequently, the electrical field inside the guard ring is traveling inside and it does not outrun it. It is like you put several other rings onto the guard ring. The several rings signify the electric field.___________________________________________________________________________________

CONCLUSION
The objective of the experiment is to study the nature of electric fields by mapping the equipotential lines. The equipotential line is mapped using a digital multimeter to locate points with equal potential.______________________________________________________________ Electric field is the measure of particles ability to attract or repel other charged particles. Electric force of attraction or repulsion between two particles is the consequence of electric field of each particle. Meaning, whether a particle is near other particles or not, its electric field is still present.___________________________________________________________ On the first part of the experiment, we searched for the points on the conductive paper that have equal potential. We have observed that when we connected the points with the same potential, the result is a parabola curve. The distances of the equipotential lines are proportional to its distance to the point source. The closer the equipotential lines are to the source, the closer they are to each other. On the second part of the experiment, we surround the particles by using a guard ring. It was observed that the equipotential lines that are formed are circles. Therefore, it can be concluded that the equipotential lines would tend to have a circular shape when the opposite charge encloses the point source.__________________ We also concluded that the direction of the electric line of force is from the positive to negative x-axis.__________________________________________________________________________ The field generated in the experiment is produced from the special conductive paper, thus causing or making a hole in the paper would inevitably produce errors in the experiment. It is also a keen idea to take exact and precise measurements in order to make the graph as round as possible.______________________________________________________________

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