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Hey all,
Conceptually I'm missing something about how distance is related to electric field and potential. Electric field is force per unit charge and potential is force per unit charge applied over a distance. Right? Well, the force changes with distance by getting larger when objects are brought closer together (F=kqq/r^2). But potential gets smaller when the distance becomes smaller/the objects are brought closer together ... which doesn't make any sense because the force increases to a really significant extent when the objects are closer together. Shouldn't potential increase when the objects are closer? I'm so confused.
Field=E=F/q
Potential=V=F/q * d
Thanks in advance for your help!
Conceptually I'm missing something about how distance is related to electric field and potential. Electric field is force per unit charge and potential is force per unit charge applied over a distance. Right? Well, the force changes with distance by getting larger when objects are brought closer together (F=kqq/r^2). But potential gets smaller when the distance becomes smaller/the objects are brought closer together ... which doesn't make any sense because the force increases to a really significant extent when the objects are closer together. Shouldn't potential increase when the objects are closer? I'm so confused.
Field=E=F/q
Potential=V=F/q * d
Thanks in advance for your help!