ELECTRIC
INTENSITY
Electric
intensity is the strength of electric field at a point.
Electric
intensity at a point is defined as the force experienced
per unit positive charge at a point placed in the electric field.
or
It may also be also defined as the electrostatic force per unit
charge which the field exerts at a point.
Mathematically,
E=F/q
UNIT:
N/C or Volt/m
The
force experienced by a charge +q in an electric field depends upon.
-
Magnitude
of test charge (q)
-
Intensity
of electric field (E)
It
is a vector quantity. It has the same direction as that of force.
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