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Electrostatic / Electric Field

Electric Field

Definition : Electric Field is a region where an a charge experience the electric force

Every charge as electric fields around it and say a charge comes close to another charge, in another word enters the field that charge will experience a force causing it either attracts or repel

 

So Like charges will attract and unlike charge will repel

 

This fields are represented by the lines radial inward or outward

so direction of this fields represent the direction of force acting on a positive charge

learn to draw the lines and the direction. negative charge is inward and positive charge is outward and also evenly distributed

more field lines means the strength of the fields is greater