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Electricity and Magnetism Key Points ? CHARGE “q” – created by excess or deficiency of electrons ? Grounding – a ground is anything that can accept or give large amounts of charge (such as the earth) ? Opposites attract / Likes repel Generally, neutral objects are attracted to all charged objects. ? Charge must be a multiple of 1e = 1.6e-19 C (Milikan’s Oil Drop finding) ? Charge is preferred to be in coulombs only. Convert everything to C when charge is needed. ? Insulators – charge moves poorly Conductors – charge moves well(rules: (1) when conductors are in equilibrium, there is 0 charge on the inside and therefore 0 field inside the conductor (2) charge accumulates are sharp points) ?Creating charge ( contact, induction – always end up with opposite charge of the nearby charged object,  ?Polarization (insulators) – charge redistribution by atoms spinning in place to align ? Charge conservation – the total charge in a system is conserved (ex: +2C sphere and -6 C sphere are touched and separated, each sphere has (+2 + -6)/2 = -2 C each ? Electric force between 2 charges is determined by Fe = k q q / r2. To see how changing factors affect one another start with everything being “1” then make the requested change to see the new factor ?Electric Field – the force you would get if you put a charge in a certain location (force per charge). E = Fe / q (With “q” being a charge that is placed in the field E). E = kQ / r2 (With “Q” being a charge that is making a field) ? Field lines - lines are drawn based on the way they would effect a small + test charge, – charges move opposite field lines. - lines come out from + (pushed away) and drawn in towards – (pulled towards). - Field between two parallel plates is constant and uniform ( the force acting on a charge between the plates is constant ?Potential and Potential Difference – (Voltage). - Potential is energy per charge (V = W / q). Potential is “like” the push that moves charges ar