Positive point charge

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Introduction

Summary

Electrostatic field lines created by a single positive  charge. Spherically symmetrical lines of force  appear when you click on  the screen.

Goals

• To reveal the symmetry of the electric field created by a single point charge.
• To explain the link between the field at a point and the field line at that point.

Features

Click on the screen to make the field lines visible.

Tags

lines field central symmetry spherical electrostatic charge