Name: Basic Properties of Electric Charge
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 6 min 12 s
Description: The charge was discovered as a brand new property of matter, making it a topic of immediate curiosity. What were other findings regarding the behaviour of ch...

Question

Make a list of the similarities between electrostatics and magnetism and also a list of the differences.

Accepted Answer

Similarities between electrostatics and magnetism are:

Both are non-contact forces.

Both are attractive and repulsive in nature.

Electric fields are produced by two kinds of charges, positive and negative. Magnetic fields are associated with two magnetic poles, north and south, although they are also produced by charges.

The differences between electrostatics and magnetism are:

Electrostatic force is applied by a charged body while magnetic force is applied by a magnet.

Magnetic forces are always normal to the direction of the velocity of the charge it acts upon, whereas electric force are independent of the direction the charge moves in.

Electric forces act between charged bodies (charges), magnetic forces act between magnetized bodies (magnets).

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