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 Law states that the force between two charged objects is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Related terms
Electric Field: The region around a charged object where it can exert an electric force on other charged objects.
Electric Potential Energy: The energy stored in a system of charged objects due to their positions relative to each other.
Electric Potential Difference (Voltage): The work done per unit charge in moving a positive test charge from one point to another in an electric field.