Electrostatic force between 3 charges

[Fu-Kwun Hwang]

The following show electrostatic forces between any two charges.
The net force force for each charge is the sum of those two vectors.
You can change the charge with slider and change their position with mouse drag/drop.

You are also welcomed to check out Vector Addition

Embed a running copy of this simulation
<applet code='users.ntnu.fkh.charge3_pkg.charge3Applet.class' archive='http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/ejsuser/2/ejs_charge3.jar' name='charge34436' id='charge34436' width='498' height='520' mayscript=true><param name='draggable' value='true'></applet>
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<a href='http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/msg.php?smfejs=4436' target='smfejs'>Run simulation</a>

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