The Electric Force - Electrostatics: Potential Energy fields around Point Electric Charges
Composed by Bot, who has a PhD in Neurobiology and who has under his/her belt several years work ("in a top UK university") as a professional research scientist studying the nervous systems of insects.
[1] On the top-left we have a single (positive) charge. The RGB scale shows the highest charge region in red, the lowest in blue and the algorithm used highlights the contours (equipotentials).
[2] On the top-right, two positive charges are shown in an orange-blue scale. ____________________________________
[3] On the bottom-left are two positive charges in RGB, illustrating a common equipotential, in green, enclosing both charges.
[4] On the bottom-right a positive charge (red centre) is shown opposite a negative charge (blue centre) of equal magnitude.
On this RGB scale green illustrates values close to zero, where the positive and negative potentials cancel one another. ____________________________________
Remember electric charge comes in two ‘flavours’ - negative (-) and positive and like charges (- and - or and ) repel whereas opposite charges (- and or and -) attract!
From the Encyclopædia Cronodonica Compiled by Bot, who has a PhD in Neurobiology and who has under his/her belt several years work (in a UK university) as a research scientist working on the nervous systems of insects.
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