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Electrostatics is concerned with the electrical fields and scalar potentials of stationary electrical charges and charge distributions. Use this for questions about electromagnetic situations in which currents and magnetic fields are absent, otherwise use the [electromagnetism] and/or [magnetic-fields] tags.

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How do you type equations at physics stack exchange. Seems like mathjax is proposed, but what are the steps ? Thanks Sorry about the tag and if this not the correct place to ask for help.
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I have a gold leaf electroscope which works very well the first time. After thus it stopped working. Even when the gold leaf moves, it moves very less. How to fix this?
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Current high school AP Physics II student here, so apologies if this question comes off as unlearned. I'm trying to learn about electric potential in my class, but I realize I still don't understand ...
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If you plot a graph showing the variance of electric potential between two charges, does the middle have a maximum or minimum electric potential and why?
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When do we consider that grounding the conductor makes the potential zero? I was recently seeing why is the outer charge of the system of grounded conducting plate becomes zero, and the reason given ...
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I am seeking clarification on a concept from a test question I have been studying. Essentially, the question gives an example of an infinitely long charged rod, made of an insulating material. The rod ...
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