Chapter 16 Electric Charge and Electric Fields

SmartBoard Pre-Lecture Notes for Chapter 16

Chapter 16 Giancoli 6th Edition Web Resources

AP Syllabus

Chapter 16 Homework

Chapter Outline:

 

16-1  Static Electricity (pg. 440)

• Static electricity
• Conservation of charge
• Separation of charge

16-2  Electric Charge in the Atom (pg. 441)   RE: Electric Charge

• The electron and proton; separation of atomic charge
• Polar molecules

16-3  Insulators and Conductors (pg. 441)

• Electrical insulators and conductors
• Semiconductors

16-4  Induced Charge: The Electroscope (pg. 442)

• The electroscope; detecting electrical charge   RE: Electroscope
• Charging by conduction
• Charging by induction

Static Electricity Lab  RE: Lab Information

16-5  Coulomb's Law (pg. 444)

• Electrical force
• Coulomb's Law
• Quantization of charge
• The elemental charge
• Permittivity of free space

16-6  Solving Problems (pg. 447)

• Electrical force is a vector quantity
• Solving problems

16-7  The Electric Field  (pg. 450)

• The electrical field concept
• Electric fields are vector quantities
• Electrical field between 2 point sources
• Electrical field above/below 2 point sources

16-8  Field Lines (pg. 454)

• Lines of electrical force
• Electric field between parallel plates

16-9  Electric Fields and Conductors (pg. 456)

• Electric fields and conductors
• Shielding

16-11  Electric Forces in Molecular Biology (pg. 460)

• Electrostatic forces in DNA

16-12  Photocopiers and Printers (pg. 462)

• Application of electrostatics - printing machines