MathLiveElectric field strength
The electric field at a point is the electric force experienced by a small test charge placed there, divided by that charge. It is used to describe how charges produce forces on other charges in electrostatics.
\boldsymbol{E} = \frac{\boldsymbol{F}}{q}What the symbols mean
| electric field strength vector (N/C or V/m) | |
| electric force vector on the test charge (N) | |
| electric charge of the test charge (C) |
About this formula
- FieldPhysics
- TopicElectrostatics
- LevelHigh school
- Also calledelectric field intensity, electric intensity, electric field definition, E equals F over q, force per unit charge, electric field from force on charge
- SourceWikidata Q20989
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