Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Verified for the 2026 exam
Verified for the 2026 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Definition
Coulomb's Constant, denoted by k, is a proportionality constant that appears in Coulomb's Law. It helps to calculate the electric force between two charged objects.
Related terms
Permittivity of Free Space: A measure of a material’s ability to transmit (or 'permit') an electric field.
Electric Field: The region around a charged particle within which other charges experience a force.
Electrostatic Force: The attractive or repulsive interaction between any two charged objects.