Equipotential surfaces and potential energy
A coloured potential map and equipotential contours for single charge, dipole and like charges. Move a probe: read V and E, check that E ⟂ equipotentials and that no work is done moving along one.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 12 |
| Chapter | 2. Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance |
| NCERT section | 2.2–2.6 |
| 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 potential · equipotential · potential energy · work · E and V relation