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Static Electricity : AP Physics and Beyond
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Static Electricity : AP Physics and Beyond

A complete course with step-by-step coaching that makes you a master of static electricity for AP and college Physics.
Created byAnupal Bharali
Last updated 8/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Electric Charges, Electric Fields, Electric Flux
  • Coulomb's Law, Gauss's Law, Electric Dipole and its behavior in an electric field
  • Electrostatic Potential, Potential Difference, Capacitors
  • Series Combination of Capacitors, Parallel Combination of capacitors
  • Dielectrics and their effect on Capacitors
  • Relation Between Electric Field Intensity (E) and Electric Potential (V)
  • Relation Between Potential Difference and Work Done in Moving a Charge

Course content

27 sections114 lectures5h 41m total length
  • Introduction to Static Electricity2:04
  • Electric Charges9:49
  • Properties of Electric Charge6:46

    Explore the properties of electric charge, including positive and negative charges, repulsion and attraction, Coulomb's law, the coulomb unit, and charge quantization.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of Science and Mathematics

Description

Static Electricity, also known as Electrostatics, is the first topic within the broader electromagnetism category.

Who this course is for:

This course is designed for those who want to learn and master Static Electricity. No prior knowledge of Static Electricity is needed. The course starts from the very basic concepts and goes on to cover how to solve questions of Static Electricity in a step-by-step structured approach.

Importance is given to both theoretical concepts and solving numerical problems based on those concepts.

How will you benefit:

After completing this course you will be able to solve problems on Static Electricity - both conceptual questions as well as numerical problems.

The Teaching Methodology

The course is taught in an easy-to-understand way. You will enjoy Enhanced Learning with highlighted Key Concepts and important formulas. You will also be able to keep checking your progress with Quizzes and Assignments.

Topics Covered

What is Electric Charge

What is Static Electricity

Electric Field

Electric Field Intensity

Electric Potential

Electric Flux

Gauss's Law

Application of Gauss's law to derive expressions for electric fields:

          - due to a charged straight wire

          - due to a charged sphere

          - and such other cases

Capacitors

Capacitors in Series

Capacitors in Parallel

Finding equivalent capacitance of a combination of capacitors

Electric Dipole

Field due to Electric Dipole

Electrostatic Shielding

Relation between Electric Field and Potential

How to solve numerical problems that come in examinations on Static Electricity

Who this course is for:

  • Those who want to learn and master electrostatics.