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Lecture

Calculating the work done in a


conservative field HD
• rb
Fan f

1)
-77
7th
If we move a
test charge radially (along field line) from
a ra
go
to rb than the work done is .

w⇒ Fit
2) If we
generalise (
ie
go
fun from ra to re ) than we

need to find the component of the force along each

but
infinitesimal section of the path a
II.dt
E. dt = Foot dl

Wax
I! as odd
Ifa cost dl
3) field is conservative so Wa→c=U⇒Uc=fUiUa)= -04

x.
Wa⇒c=£Edf=Ua -
do = -04

T.ch#arIokcntial
"

4M¥ .

44Gt
Potential
£Edt= (41%-0%1)=-04
-

Difference

Soxapnks¥dat
WIEdt-QIE.dt-afocr.to/crs)agp?Igi
4=4 Point charge
KITE .r
Collection of

¢⇒Iq÷ point charges

dq←
.fr
I Distribution of
4=4*7 -
sor " !

charges
Equipotential line These are always
+ to tha E field line
-

No work done
is
moving
a
charge along
an potential lineIs urface
aqui
Th⇒idoan¥Heofchar→
ofikcyhnd→
⇒

¥ E-fiddfral.no
← Recall the ,

of charge Er

so ,
of -

of , -1¥ .de =L ¥dr=¥g of


.

ok oh

Try setting zero potential at to


(¢b=d

of oh dear !

lnq=O
r that can't be right

Try again set ,


zero
potential at a finite distance rb

latro.ro/-o=#.enr.fEiEhIshY=o--
set 06=0 at if
generally ,
A question to thank about .

fIo¥tI¥ytI¥ )
E = -
How do we

get a

vector from
Is this ? scalar ?
magic a

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