Physics A-Level
Uniform electric field
What Uniform electric field means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Uniform electric field
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A field in which the electric force on a charged particle is constant, so the acceleration is constant.
Topics that use Uniform electric field
- Uniform electric field (OCR A-Level)
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