Coulomb's Law

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo point charges
spherically symmetric charge distributions
gptkbp:constantInEquation gptkb:Coulomb_constant
gptkbp:CoulombConstantValue 8.9875517923 × 10^9 N·m²/C²
gptkbp:dependsOn distance between charges
magnitude of charges
gptkbp:describes electrostatic force
gptkbp:directionOfForce along the line joining charges
gptkbp:expressedIn F = k * (|q1*q2|) / r^2
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy electromagnetism
physics
gptkbp:forceIs attractive for unlike charges
repulsive for like charges
gptkbp:forceType inverse-square law
central force
conservative force
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Charles-Augustin_de_Coulomb
1785
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Coulomb's Law
gptkbp:publishedIn Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Gauss's_Law
electrostatics
electric field
gptkbp:SIUnitOfForce newton
gptkbp:unitOfCharge gptkb:coulomb
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ted_Pearson
gptkb:Electric_Fields
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7