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FORMULA (RELATIONS )

Electrostatics

Quantisation of Elect. Charges (Q)

on a body

Q = n.e

n is Integral Number, e is charge on electron

1.6 X 10-19 C

Electrostatic force constant

1/(4)

value : 9 x 109 Nm2C-2

Permittivity

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Coulumb's Law

F = q1q2/4r

Forces on two charges

F12 = - F21

Dielectric Constant

K = / = r

Electric Field at a point

E = F/q

Force with respect to field

Electric field due to source charge
Q at distance r

F = q.E

8.85 x 10-12 C2N-1m-2

q1 and q2 are two charges placed at distance
r.
Direction of F is along r.
is absolute permittivity of medium, is permittivity
of free space, r is relative permittivity.

F is force experienced by the test charge q at

a point. E is called field intensity at that point

E = Q/(4r)

Direction of E is along r.

Electric Field due to dipole on a

point on axial line

E = 2P/(4r)

P is dipole moment, r is distance from centre

of dipole on axial line.

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Electric Field due to dipole on a

point on equitorial line

E = P/(4r)

P is dipole moment, r is distance from centre

of dipole on equitorial line.

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Electric Field due to dipole at any

general point, at distance r making
angle with P

E=
PI(3cos+1)/4r

r is distance of point from midpoint of dipole, is

angle between direction of r and dipole moment P

E makes angle with r then

tan = tan

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E at any point on the axis of a

uniformly charged ring at distance r

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Torque on a dipole kept in

Electric Field

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Work done for rotating dipole by

angle

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Potential Energy of dipole in

equilibrium condition when P is
along E.

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qr/4(r+a)
= PESin
or = Px E

Potential energy of dipole at 90

degree to E

P is dipole moment. E is electric field

U = - PE

P is dipole moment. E is electric field

Zero

Potential energy of dipole at 180

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Electric Flux E

E= E.S = E.ds

gauss theorem

E= E.ds = q/

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Field due to infinite long straight

charged conductor
Electric field due to infinite plane
sheet of charge
Within two parallal sheets of
opposite charges
Within two parallal sheets of
similar charges
Electric field due to spherical
shell, out side shell

P is dipole moment, E is electric field, Direction of

Torque is normal to plain containing P and E

W = PE(1- Cos)

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is angle between resultant field and

direction of r, is angle between r and P

U = + PE

/2r
/2

P is dipole moment. E is electric field

Flux linked to a closed surface is q/ times
the charge enclosed in it.
is linear charge density in the conductor, r is
the perpendicular distance.
is areal charge density. Independent of
distance

Outside, field is zero

zero

Outside, field is /

E = q/(4r)

q is charge on shell, r distance from centre.

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Electric field on the surface of

spherical shell.

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Electric field inside spherical shell.

Zero

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Electric field inside the sphere of

charge distributed uniformly all over
the volume .

E = r/3

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Potential due to charge Q at

distance r
Potential Energy with charge q
kept at a point with potential V

E = q/(4R)

R is radius of shell

r is radius of sphere, is volumetric charge

density, is permittivity of medium

V = Q/(4r)

Potential is characteristic of that location

U = qV = Qq/(4r)

Work done for in moving a charge q

through a potential difference of V

W = q(V2-V1)

Energy of system of two charges

U = q1q2/(4r)

Relation of E and V

V = (v2 -v1)

dv is potential difference between two points at

distance r where r and E are in the same direction.

E = - dv/dr

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Relation of E and V and

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Electric Potential due to dipole on a

point on axial line

V = P/(4r)

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Electric Potential due to dipole on a

point on equitorial line

Zero

Electric Potential due to dipole at

any general point,

V = P cos / 4 (r - a
cos)

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E Cos = - dv/dr

Potential at infinity / in earth

where is angle between dr and E

Zero
P is dipole momentum, r is distance from
centre of dipole

Work done in moving a charge

between two points of an
equipotential surface

Capacitance of a spherical
conductor

4R

Capacitance of a parallal plate

capacitor

kA/d

Dielectric Constant

R is radius of the sphere

A is area of each plate, d is distance between
them, k is dilectric constant of the medium
between plates.
Cis capacitance with medium within plates, and C
is capacitance in free space.

k = C / C

Capacitance of a spherical
capacitor.

C = 4rarb/(ra-rb)

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Equivalent capacitance for

Capacitors in parallal

C = c1 + c2 +c3.

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Equivalent capacitance for

Capacitors in series

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ra and rb are radius of internal and external

spherical shells

Cis equivalent capacitance, c1, c2 are

capacitnce of the capacitors joint together.

1/C = 1/c1 + 1/c2 + 1/c3

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Charge, capacitance, Potential

Difference

q ischarge on the plate of capacitor and V is

Potential Difference between the plates.

C = q/V

Energy stored in capacitor

cv2,

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Common Potential

V=C1V1+C2V2)/C1+C2

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Energy loss in connecting

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C with dielectric slab inserted

C with metal plate inserted
Force of attraction between plates

P is dipole momentum, r is distance from

centre of dipole, a is half length of dipole, is
angle between r and P

Zero

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Potential Energy is that of the system

containing Q and q.

qv, q2/c

(V1-V2)

kA/d-t(1-1/k)
kA/(d-t)
q2/A,

E2A

q is charge, c is capacitance, v is Pot.

Difference
c1 at v1 is connected to c2 at v2
t is thickness of dielectric slab of constant k,
t is thickness of metal plate inserted,
q is charge on plate, A is area, E Elect. Field.