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Electric Fields (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences (Double Award)): Revision Note

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Electric fields

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  • An electric field is defined as:

    A region of space in which an electric charge experiences a force

  • The direction of an electric field at a point is defined as:

    The direction of the force on a positive charge at that point

  • Charged objects create electric fields around themselves

    • This is similar to how magnets create magnetic fields

  • An electric field is a vector quantity as it has both magnitude (strength) and direction

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