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Electrostatics

in what condion coulombs law is applicable?

is this law applicable in case of two charges are moving under attraction .

Profile image of  v v a rao
15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
15 Years ago

coulomb's law is applicable only when both the charges are at rest

Profile image of Shubham Goel
15 Years ago

No, coulomb's law is valid if the charges are or are not moving. If both the charges are moving, the force varies but the law is still valid. You can say that for time t, the charges are at a separation r and at time t+dt, the separation increases to r+dr or reduces to r+dr(dr being negative).