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    Coulomb's inverse-square law, or simply Coulomb's law, is an experimental law of physics that calculates the amount of force between two electrically...
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    essentially equivalent to Coulomb's law. Thus the inverse-square law dependence of the electric field in Coulomb's law follows from Gauss' law. Method of image...
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    of charge Ampère's circuital law Coulomb's law Electrostatics Elementary charge Faraday constant, the number of coulombs per mole of elementary charges...
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    The distinction between static and dynamic friction is made in Coulomb's friction law (see below), although this distinction was already drawn by Johann...
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    in this case, the electric field is conservative and Coulomb's law can be used. Using Coulomb's law, it is known that the electrostatic force F and the...
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    He is best known as the eponymous discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's law, the description of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion...
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  • and approximately 71 years after his death. Newton's law of gravitation resembles Coulomb's law of electrical forces, which is used to calculate the magnitude...
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  • equations. Gauss's law for gravity has the same mathematical relation to Newton's law that Gauss's law for electrostatics bears to Coulomb's law. This is because...
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    proportional to the square of the distance between them; this is known as Coulomb's law. The deviation of the exponent from 2 is less than one part in 1015...
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    test charge at the point due to Coulomb's law, divided by the magnitude of the charge q {\displaystyle q\,} in coulombs E = F q {\displaystyle \mathbf...
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