Electrostatics

LECTURE 8 Electric Field Lines

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 Electric FIeld Lines

Electric field line is a concept, given by Faraday

to visualise electric field

Lines of force

starts from (+ve) charge

ends on (–ve) charge
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 Electric FIeld Lines

They are imaginary lines, pictorially mapping the electric field.

Electric FIeld Lines

They start out of a positive charge or infinity

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and terminate at negative charge or at infinity.

Electric FIeld Lines

Dipole
(Equal magnitude Positive & Negative charges)

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Electric FIeld Lines

Two equal positive charges

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Example MCQ type Question [ +4 , -1]
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Electric FIeld Lines

Tangent to the line of force at a point in an electric field

gives the direction of field intensity.

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Electric FIeld Lines

Positive charge kept at a point feels a force

in direction along tangent to Field Line

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Electric FIeld Lines

Positive charge kept at a point feels a force

in direction along tangent to Field Line

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Electric FIeld Lines

However it is not necessary that a charge will follow

one particular line of field if released from rest.

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Electric FIeld Lines

Can never cross each other

Can never be closed loops

 Electric FIeld Lines

Crowded lines represent strong field while distant lines weak field.

Lines of force per unit area normal to the area

at a point represents magnitude of intensity
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 Electric FIeld Lines

The number of lines originating or terminating on a charge is

proportional to the magnitude of charge.
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Electric FIeld Lines

Lines of force end or start normally

at the surface of a conductor

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 Electric FIeld Lines

Lines of force end or start normally

at the surface of a conductor

If there is no electric field there will be no lines of force

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