The electric field is a region of space around a charged object where another charged object experiences an electric force. It represents the influence that a charge exerts on other charges in its vicinity.
Electric potential: The electric potential at a point in an electric field is the amount of work needed to move a unit positive charge from infinity to that point.
Coulomb's Law: Coulomb's Law describes the force between two charged objects and states that the force is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of their distance.
Gauss's Law: Gauss's Law relates the total electric flux through a closed surface to the net charge enclosed by that surface. It helps calculate electric fields for symmetrically shaped charge distributions.
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