Electric Charges and Fields Class 12 Notes Chapter 1

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1. Electric Charge Charge is the property associated with matter due to which it produces and experiences
electric and magnetic effect.
2. Conductors and Insulators Those substances which readily allow the passage of electricity through them
are called conductors, e.g. metals, the earth and those substances which offer high resistance to the
passage of electricity are called insulators, e.g. plastic rod and nylon.
3. Transference of electrons is the cause of frictional electricity.
4. Additivity of Charges Charges are scalars and they add up like real numbers. It means if a system
consists of n charges q1, q2, q3 , … ,qn, then total charge of the system will be q1 +q2 + … +qn.
5. Conservation of Charge The total charge of an isolated system is always conserved, i.e. initial and final
charge of the system will be same.
6. Quantisation of Charge Charge exists in discrete amount rather than continuous value and hence,
quantised.
Mathematically, charge on an object, q=±ne

where, n is an integer and e is electronic charge. When any physical quantity exists in discrete packets
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7. Units of Charge
(i) SI unit coulomb (C)
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(ii) CGS system
(a) electrostatic unit, esu of charge or stat-coulomb (stat-C)
(b) electromagnetic unit, emu of charge or ab-C (ab-coulomb)
1 ab-C = 10 C, 1 C = 3 x 109 stat-C
8. Coulomb’s Law It states that the electrostatic force of interaction or repulsion acting between two
stationary point charges is given by
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9. Electrostatic forces (Coulombian forces) are conservative forces.

10. Principle of Superposition of Electrostatic Forces This principle states that the net electric force
experienced by a given charge particle q0 due to a system of charged particles is equal to the vector sum of
the forces exerted on it due to all the other charged particles of the system.
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11. Electrostatic Force due to Continuous Charge Distribution

The region in which charges are closely spaced is said to have continuous distribution of charge. It is of
three types given as below:
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12. Electric Field Intensity The electric field intensity at any point due to source charge is defined as the
force experienced per unit positive test charge placed at that point without disturbing the source charge. It
is expressed as
13. Electric Field Intensity (EFI) due to a Point Charge
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14. Electric Field due to a System of Charges

Same as the case of electrostatic force, here we will apply principle of superposition, i.e.
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15. Electric Field Lines Electric field lines are a way of pictorially mapping the electric field around a
configuration of charge(s). These lines start on positive charge and end on negative charge. The tangent on
these lines at any point gives the direction of field at that point.
16. Electric field lines due to positive and negative charge and their combinations are shown as below:
17. Electric Dipole Two point charges of same magnitude and opposite nature separated by a small
distance altogether form an electric dipole.
18. Electric Dipole Moment The strength of an electric dipole is measured by a vector quantity known as
electric dipole moment (p) which is the product of the charge (q) and separation between the charges (2l).
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19. Electric Field due to a Dipole Electric field of an electric dipole is the space around the dipole in which
the electric effect of the dipole can be experienced.
21. Torque on an electric dipole placed in a uniform electric field (E) is given by
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stable equilibrium in uniform electric field when angle between p and E is 0° and in unstable
equilibrium when angle θ= 180°.
25. Net force on electric dipole placed in a uniform electric field is zero.
26. There exists a net force and torque on electric dipole when placed in non-uniform electric field.
27. Work done in rotating the electric dipole from θ1 to θ2 is W = pE (cos θ1 – cos θ2)
28. Potential energy of electric dipole when it rotates from θ1 = 90° to θ2 =0
U = pE (cos 90° – cosθ) = -pE cos θ = – p .E
29. Work done in rotating the dipole from the position of stable equilibrium to unstable equilibrium, i.e. when
θ1 = 0° and θ2 = π.
W = 2 pE
30. Work done in rotating the dipole from the position of stable equilibrium to the position in which dipole
experiences maximum torque, i.e. when θ1 = 0° and θ2 = 90°.
W = pE
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Electric Charges and Fields Class 12 Notes

Mathematically, charge on an object, q=±ne

9. Electrostatic forces (Coulombian forces) are conservative forces.

11. Electrostatic Force due to Continuous Charge Distribution

13. Electric Field Intensity (EFI) due to a Point Charge

14. Electric Field due to a System of Charges

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