PHY 102
Lecture Slides
Dr. O. A. BABATUNDE
,Course Outline
• Electrostatics
• Magnetostatics
• Electromagnetism
, The Concept of Electrostatics
Electrostatics is the branch of science that deals with the e
phenomena that arises from stationary electric charges i.e. charges at r
An electric field is a region or space where a system of electric
experiences an electric force
There are two kinds of electric charge: positive charge (+) and negative
(-). This classification of charges was done by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1
Like charges repel each other, while unlike charges attract each other
A plastic ruler rubbed vigourously with fur becomes negatively charge
a glass rod rubbed with silk becomes positively charged
Materials such as a metal nail that conduct charges easily from one
another are called conductors. An insulator is a material that do no
electric charges to flow freely, examples are wood and rubber.
Lecture Slides
Dr. O. A. BABATUNDE
,Course Outline
• Electrostatics
• Magnetostatics
• Electromagnetism
, The Concept of Electrostatics
Electrostatics is the branch of science that deals with the e
phenomena that arises from stationary electric charges i.e. charges at r
An electric field is a region or space where a system of electric
experiences an electric force
There are two kinds of electric charge: positive charge (+) and negative
(-). This classification of charges was done by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1
Like charges repel each other, while unlike charges attract each other
A plastic ruler rubbed vigourously with fur becomes negatively charge
a glass rod rubbed with silk becomes positively charged
Materials such as a metal nail that conduct charges easily from one
another are called conductors. An insulator is a material that do no
electric charges to flow freely, examples are wood and rubber.
