Electric field lines and dipole field
Single charge, dipole, like charges, unequal charges and a charged plate: trace the field lines, read the field at a probe point and see E ∝ 1/r² and the dipole 1/r³ falloff.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 12 |
| Chapter | 1. Electric Charges and Fields |
| NCERT section | 1.6, 1.7, 1.10 |
| Level | NCERT level |
| Time | about 12 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: electric field · field lines · dipole · superposition · E field