🔖 Topics

  • The del operator
  • Path integrals
  • Relationship between electric field and electric potential

🎯 Objectives

  • Determine the orientation of electric field lines in relation to equipotential surfaces
  • Determine how the density of equipotential lines affects the strength of the electric field
  • Explain how electric potential lines are similar to a topographical map
  • Calculate the electric field from different electric potential configurations
  • Calculate the electric potential from different electric field configurations

📋 Sequence

  • 🟣 Electric potential from a straight path along a uniform electric field
  • 🟣 Electric potential from a diagonal path along a uniform electric field
  • 🟣 Electric potential from a straight path along a non-uniform electric field
  • 🟣 Electric potential from a diagonal path along a non-uniform electric field
  • 🟣 Electric potential from a path radially outwards from a point charge
  • 🟣 Electric field from a region of zero electric potential
  • 🟣 Electric field from a region of uniform electric potential
  • 🟣 Electric field from a non-uniform electric potential in one dimension
  • 🟣 Electric field from a non-uniform electric potential in three dimensions

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