A Simple Electric Field Probe in a Gauss's Law Laboratory

Daniel O. Ludwigsen; Gregory N. Hassold

doi:10.1119/1.2353596

A Simple Electric Field Probe in a Gauss's Law Laboratory

Daniel O. Ludwigsen, Gregory N. Hassold

Kettering University

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Abstract

Early in our calculus-based introductory course, students are introduced to electric fields and sometimes struggle with the abstraction of a vector field. They have less familiarity with the phenomena associated with electric fields, and the connection between phenomena and mathematical formalism is weaker. Our very next topic is Gauss's law.

Original language	American English
Journal	The Physics Teacher
Volume	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2353596
State	Published - Oct 1 2006

Keywords

electric field probe
gauss's law
physics
laboratory equipment
visualizing flux
electric potential

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Engineering Education
Physics

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