Understanding Coulomb's Law
Coulomb's Law is a fundamental principle of physics that describes the force of attraction or repulsion between two stationary, electrically charged particles. Just as gravity governs how masses interact, Coulomb's Law governs how charges interact.
1. The Core Principle
The law states that the electrical force between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
2. The Mathematical Formula
To calculate the electrostatic force ($F$), we use the following equation:

