Electrostatic force is a fundamental force that arises from the interaction between electrically charged objects. In GCSE Physics, it's important to understand that this force can be either attractive or repulsive: like charges repel each other, while opposite charges attract.
The strength of the electrostatic force depends on the amount of charge on the objects and the distance between them.
This is described by Coulomb's Law, which states that the force is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Electrostatic forces are responsible for a variety of everyday phenomena, such as static electricity and the forces between materials that have been rubbed together.
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