Charles-Augustin de Coulomb and Coulomb's law
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806) was born in Angouleme to a wealthy family and became a French physicist, most famous for developing ‘Coulomb’s law’. Coulomb’s law is the description of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion between two objects.
The equation to work out Coulomb’s law is:
F=(K*Q1*Q2)/d squared
Q1 represents how much charge is in object one,
Q2 represents how much charge is in object two,
d represents the distance between the two objects (in meters)
and k is the constant in Coulomb's law and is known as Coulomb's constant. It is dependent on the path through which signals and waves pass that the charged objects are immersed in.
F=(K*Q1*Q2)/d squared
Q1 represents how much charge is in object one,
Q2 represents how much charge is in object two,
d represents the distance between the two objects (in meters)
and k is the constant in Coulomb's law and is known as Coulomb's constant. It is dependent on the path through which signals and waves pass that the charged objects are immersed in.