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Electric field (due to a point charge)

Description

The electric field describes the electric force experienced by a motionless positively charged test particle at any point in space relative to the source(s) of the field. The magnitude of the electric field, for a point charge depends on the charge and the distance from the point charge

Related formulas

Variables

EElectric field (N/coulomb)
πpi
ϵ0electric constant
QElectric charge (coulombs)
rDistance from the point charge (m)