SECTION : E Field Configurations     

NOTE: You must be connected to the Internet the first time you view this simulation, at which point the codebase for all the simulations will be downloaded to your computer. This process make take a few minutes, as the codebase is roughly 9MB in size. Subsequent viewings of the applets will run from your local copy.

This java simulation illustrates the field pattern created by two point charges with opposite signs of charge. In this simulation, the position and charge of each particle can be modified in real time, and the field configuration will update itself accordingly.

All three field visualization techniques can be applied to show the overall electric field of the two-charge configuration: vector field, field lines, and "grass seeds".

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