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Charge & Field Lab

Class XII · Electrostatics: visualize E, V, field lines and equipotentials.

Cursor x,y
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V (a.u.)
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|E| (a.u.)
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Charges
2 / 4

Controls

Click on the canvas to place (up to 4 charges).

q1 (+)
charge
q2 (−)
charge
Formulas
  • E = kq/r² (vector sum)
  • V = Σ kqᵢ/rᵢ
  • E ⊥ equipotential surface
  • Field lines: from + to −
Try this

Build a dipole (one +, one −, equal magnitudes). Hover the midpoint: V ≈ 0 but |E| is non-zero. Now make both charges + : the midpoint has V max but E = 0.

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